April 5, 2015; Sacramento, CA, USA; Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) looks on during the first quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

I need to make a confession–I’m a hardcore gamer. As much as I love the Utah Jazz and NBA basketball, I derive an equal amount of pleasure from dungeon raids, leveling up and GLaDOS condescending to me as I attempt to solve a puzzle. However, my enthusiasm for the medium isn’t shared by some.

Despite the growing prominence of video games in the media and in society at large, Fox Sports Radio host Colin Cowherd continues to rail against gamers and the rise of competitive eSports. In response to news that Turner Broadcasting is getting into the eSports game, Cowherd had this to say–

Spoken like a true 80s teen movie villain. Obviously, this didn’t sit well with the gaming crowd. One notable gamer that took umbrage with Cowherd’s statements was Gordon Hayward. The Jazz star plays video games himself, has done so competitively and famously declared that he would PWN LeBron James in League of Legends last year.

In response to Cowherd’s diatribe, Hayward tweeted the following–

Hold up…@ColinCowherd is making fun of gamers for being dorks? People in glass houses… pic.twitter.com/L5UjhErkyT — Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) September 30, 2015

Umm, burned?

Hayward undoubtedly wins the day for his defense of gamer-kind. Being the misinformed bully that he is, Cowherd may get off on tearing us down and calling us dorks. The fact remains that gamers come in all shapes and sizes and from varying walks of life. We are men, women, children, Hollywood actors and even star athletes.

Not all gamers are dorks with Star Wars collections, although I could personally thrill you with my diorama of Han and Chewie squaring off with several Imperial Stormtroopers

My advice to Cowherd would be to tread lightly when broaching this subject in the future. Not only is he vastly outnumbered, but some gamers look like this–

#Guns.