College basketball season is in full swing. March madness is bearing down upon us. And there will be endless repeats of the classic movie, “Hoosiers.” (One of my favorites as well as the dean of my law school.) But to say that “Hoosiers” is a movie about basketball is like saying that “Moby Dick” is a novel about a whale.
There is a lot more there. When you watch the movie, you will see the time clock in the Hickory High School gym. Two words, one concept, are printed on it: “Fair Play.” Know where the concept comes from? The very first to use it? Shakespeare. Its derivation is from a mixture of older languages. Their translation is “beautiful pledge.” As the Shakespeare in Action points out, Shakespeare was shooting for something beyond “don’t cheat.” Rather, he was shooting for the new concept of respecting the opponent, refusal to exploit their weaknesses unfairly and displaying a positive mindset about the opponent and the competition itself, win or lose. And as I write these words, I can feel some of my sister and brother lawyers bristle. But buying into Shakespeare’s vision is both the right thing and the smart thing.
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