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    Rand on Sports

    Thanks for all your replies, especially dream_weaver's quotations. I'm still on the hunt for a quote on whether Rand explicitly opposed (or did not oppose) being a sports fanatic, particularly when it comes to supporting one's school or local team over against other schools and teams.
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    Rand on Sports

    On the Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein said: Rand ... indirectly persuaded me that caring about the success of strangers on sports teams that happen to carry the name of my city or school is a waste of time. This freed up thousands of hours for other endeavors more directly related to my own life. (I’m not an evangelist about this; if you enjoy rooting for sports teams, and think the opportunity costs are worth the enjoyment you get out of it, more power to you.) I asked him what passage(s) convinced him of this. I thought I had heard of or read such a Randian passage that dealt with the topic, but some say Rand never wrote such a thing. He replied: I'm pretty sure that Rand actually wrote somewhere that one can properly enjoy sports to watch athletic greatness, but that rooting for a particular team is irrational. But it wasn't a particular passage that did it, it's the overall idea that one should aspire to one's own greatness (or as great as one can be), and not be a "second-hander." Can you help me get more specific? Where might I find some relevant passages?
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