Honors College Art & Science of Emotions Fall 2017 (12:00 p.m.) Sadness Journal | Page 10

The Crushing
Blow of
Defeat
Jacob Kromberg
The photograph I chose portrays a University of Michigan basketball player
walking off the court with his head down in the midst of streamers falling and the
University of Louisville men's basketball team celebrating a NCAA Division I men's
basketball championship. This particular photograph effortlessly depicts the sad-
ness of defeat in sports, and it can also be applied to real world situations. It is fair
to say that numerous people in today's society (a majority being that of Americans)
have a need to win, no matter the area of competition. The easiest place to find the
desire to win is in the sports community, with pressures being placed on not only
players and coaches, but on front office executives as well. For example, the
NCAA Division I College Football Playoff places an incredibly high emphasis on
going undefeated in a team's season, that of course, for only a chance at a cham-
pionship. However, the need to win is also found in business offices. As for busi-
nesses, their speech is infused with winning language such as "win in a competi-
tive market." In a game for two, three, four, or even more, there can only be one
winner, but what happens to those who do in fact lose? What do they feel and how
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