[dehrmann]

Not to justify it, and I don't have an answer, but won't most sufficiently competitive activities devolve to this in an arms race?

[GeoAtreides]

This is exactly where my thoughts converged, too. The abuse is baked in. It seems to me that some people are wired to do anything, absolutely anything, to win. It's fine when adults are making the choice for themselves, it's abhorrent and wrong when the adults are choosing it for children.