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“Play,” wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, “is purposeless activity, for its own sake, the opposite of work.” Humans work because they have to; they play because they want to. Recalcitrant children compelled by their parents or teachers to compete in a game of football are not really engaged in a sport. Neither are professional athletes if their only motivation is their paycheck. In the real world, as a practical matter, motives are frequently mixed and often quite impossible to determine. Unambiguous definition is nonetheless a prerequisite to practical determinations about what is and is not an example of play. The Miami Dolphins quarterback left Thursday’s game on a stretcher after his head was slammed to the turf for the second time in five days.
- Research suggests that sports have the capacity to connect youth to positive adult role models and provide positive development opportunities, as well as promote the
