Foxcatcher - envy within sports

         Foxcatcher is a story about an olympic gold medalist wrestler named Mark Shultz who lives in Pennsylvania in a run down apartment, eats ramen everyday and practices wrestling with his older brother Dave Shultz who is also a wrestler. Until one day John DuPont with the DuPont Chemical empire gets a hold of Mark and wants him to come to Foxcatcher ranch to train while he pays him $10,000 a month. DuPont's goal is to train Mark to be the best in the world and to bring patriarchy back to America through wrestling. After a match won by Mark - DuPont mentions that he hates horses and horse trophies.. Said he always wanted to be a wrestler but his mother wouldn't let him because it was a "small sport" and that horseback riding was better for him. He wanted so badly to become a wrestler. He saw himself in Marks character. DuPont ended up bringing Marks brother Dave up to the ranch to help Mark train. This messes with Marks psyche and causes distress between the three men. DuPont praises Dave in front of Mark, side eyes are given, secret talks take place, etc. 

           That being said, this type of behavior made me think of the problems of envy/jealously in sports. To be a "good sport" means to play respectfully with a positive attitude. In all sports, whether it's a high school football team, a women's college basketball league or in this case a couple of wrestlers, there will always be some type of animosity. Between players or in an unlikely and unprofessional situation with a player and coach situation. Just like Wallace mentions in the New York Times article - the beauty of the game is in the players conscience. He mentions the amount of anxiety within the Wimbledon tournament is intense.  Competition in a sport can really get under ones skin and the toll it can have on an individual can cause depression, angst and rage.