Extremely depressing

Rating: 1/10 (25 July 2005)

What explains the enormous interest in a sports hero? Why do sports fans set such a strong personal stake in the victories of their heroes? After all, little of any practical significance depends on such victories; a winner won't get his fans a raise or help send their children to college. Why do sports have such an enormous, enduring appeal in human life? The answer lies in a rarely recognized aspect of sports: their moral significance. What athletic victories provide is a rare and crucial moral value: the sight of human achievement.
To witness the cheating and decay ruined any possible hope of seeing Million Dollar Baby's achievements. Although I was surprised Eastwood made a morally correct decision, the movie was beyond repair.