Sports | Sports cheaters like Alex Rodriguez can be explained by game theory, an article from last year says. That’s the study of how one acts to maximize advantage in anticipation of the strategies of others. Do the math: as more players use drugs, a “clean” player becomes noncompetitive unless he follows suit. So the incentives have to change. [Scientific American]
To keep up a Banker must cheat,
Or lose to some Wiz at deceit,
Thievery maximized,
And no one’s surprised,
Honesty’s an archaic conceit.
Why should Sports be immune from this blight?
Make sure the cheating’s out of sight,
Ev’ry Record’s in taint,
I would faint if it ain’t,
No Round Tables and no stainless
Knight!
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