Cough. At this point, the virtuous aspect of sports have taken a nearly complete back seat to power, prestige, and pecuniarum. Universities, for example, ought

Cough. At this point, the virtuous aspect of sports have taken a nearly complete back seat to power, prestige, and pecuniarum. Universities, for example, ought to be the epitome of pursuing sport for the sake of virtuous self-development. And yet, what do we see there? A system so corrupt it is a miracle it doesn't collapse under the weight of outrage. Athletes who ruin their bodies for nothing except the hope of being drafted to play as professionals, while their coaches are paid millions of dollars a year, We can choose to pursue sport for virtue's sake, but we're kidding ourselves if we believe that this is how sport actually works as an industry within capitalism, or as practiced by flag-waving nation-states.