For the love of the game…

A few recent court decisions and the alleged cheating case in Notre Dame’s football program (a dearth of details at the time of this writing) point out the following sports conundrum: how do we reconcile the love of the game with the big money involved in collegiate and pro sports? In some cases, “for the love of the game” has been replaced with “for the love of the hometown fans,” as in the case of LeBron James, but it’s clear that he went to Miami to make money and win some championships, w...