Not "Just a Job"

The reason many find athletic competitions compelling is that, even if it is a job for many of the participants, there is emotional commitment. 

Coach Dan Lanning of the University of Oregon football team exemplifies that fact. Sure, it's his profession, and he's good at it.

But it's more than that.

Most of us probably don't have deep emotional connections to our work. One cannot miss the emotion here. 

Sure, for viewers there can be a sense of community; tribalism; identity and stories. But it isn't our job; our profession; our work; our roles.

Sometimes it is refreshing and captivating to witness times when that also is true for those for whom it is their work. But it isn't "just a job."