This is a book about athletic competitors belonging to something larger than their accustomed and immediate pursuits. The centerpiece of this book is an accomplishment of justice in the routine conduct of American intercollegiate athletics. This accomplishment was a resilient assembly of intercollegiate athletic competitors who sustained bilateral playing relationships and concurrently ventured into playing relationships outside their circle. This was a just arrangement because participants tolerated one another’s separate pursuits while affirming that they belonged to enduring playing...