While I understand your point that business is fraught with unknowns, and sports is a regimented as it may be I wouldn't say the Duke of Wellington was all wron

While I understand your point that business is fraught with unknowns, and sports is a regimented as it may be I wouldn't say the Duke of Wellington was all wrong about the playing fields of Eton. We watch professional sports as entertainment. We embrace and participate in competitive sports at all levels because they act as a microcosm of the real world, an artificial conflict in which we practice our virtues.