Game Changer

While in the barbershop last week, I stumbled upon the opportunity to watch a little television. The program was in mid stream. Four panelist were discussing the correctness of a football player caught on camera laughing while he was losing a game. Non of the folks on the panel could explain all the things that make people laugh, as hard as they tried.
Then, the scene switches to an interview of the said player almost yelling as he is explaining how dead serious he is about the game. Knute Rockne, the great Notre Dame coach, would take his teams, when they lost, "Back to the fundamentals". Is it the basic nature of games to bring us enjoyment, both in watching and playing?