Human Nature in Sports

After watching the football games last weekend, I realized that human nature has a lot to do with the intensity of a game. The players all have a certain level of anger that they release on game day. This burst of energy cover the three hours or so that the players battle for control of the score. This especially takes place in the college level. The student-athletes are competing for their school for the love of the game. The entire crowd that fills the stadium to the max is on their feet, in most cases, and cheering for their team to win. Weather it be their Alma mater or the school that they currently attend, the fans are excited for the first whistle. In the pros, they just play for the money, and the fans are there tho support their home team. Although the pros make better plays and hit harder, the intensity of the players is not as high as the college level. During the game, the human nature of the players is in a different range and they become more aggressive, thus making the game more interesting. This aggressiveness is the same as Hsun Tzu's depiction of human nature. He says that humans are born evil and through conscious activity they become not as evil. The players, although some may say are using conscious activity, do not think about how hard they should really hit the ball carrier. They just hit him as hard as possible in the hope that he will go down or lose the ball. A good example of this is the hit on Tim Tebow. The Kentucky player came around the outside and hit Tebow in the chest, forcing him to fly backwards and in to his teammate's leg. Tebow ended up motionless on the field for a few minutes before getting up and being carted off the field. It was later noted that he had suffered a concussion and he might not be able to play against LSU a week from Saturday. Tebow is there biggest threat and without him, the #1 ranked Gators might fall to the LSU Tigers. The hit from the Kentucky player was not just a normal hit, but he released his evil human nature out on the quarterback without any penalty. The fact is that the game of football is like that all the time and that is what the fans come to see. They want to see there team not only win but also they would also like to see a player get "jacked up"(hit hard) like Tebow unfortunately experienced. The game of football is all about unleashing your human nature and trying to hit the man with the ball. Human nature is a violent thing when released in the game of football.