I see it as a principal agent problem [0]. The agent being the sport players working according the game rules to maximize their gains. It could be pouring count

I see it as a principal agent problem [0]. The agent being the sport players working according the game rules to maximize their gains. It could be pouring countless hours into mastering the sport, studying the rules to come up with best strategies [1], deliberately losing (e.g. for bribery), among others. The principal(s) are the perceived sportsmanship, while ill defined, of a particular sports It also happens to software engineering. The value of your code is solely depends on how many times it is being willingly run. Be it people using it happily or another piece of code is calling it without caveats. But we come up with all sorts of metrics, DORA, SPACE, developer experience, what not. For most family/small business, like restaurants, groceries, builders, etc, the only thing that matters are customers willing to return. Somehow people think that by mimicking what big companies' management practice does can makes you one of the big companies. While the most important thing, making things that people want, is grossly overlooked. People used to make fun of MBAs parachuting into management right out of school. That trademark is certainly open to all titles now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5c3duQQ1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5c3duQQ1w