University valorant

How come that there are entire tournies by riot, and so many Universities having teams? Someone enlighten me

Pretty sure Riot announced a while ago that they were unveiling a college valorant season of some sort. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Free scholarships for the people competing, and free publicity for the unis to anyone who wants to do esports/get a degree at the same time.

UMBC AND UMD SUPREMACY
GO TERPS!!

it seems like the pro scene doesn’t like college teams which is weird