If we had thought that the rules of the sports we care about are merely arbitrary, rather than designed to call forth the virtues and the excellences that we think are worthy of admiring, we wouldn't care about the outcome of the game.
Si pensáramos que las reglas de los deportes que nos interesan son simplemente arbitrarias, en vez de ideadas para reconocer las virtudes y excelencias que pensamos son valiosas de admirar, no nos importaría el resultado de un partido.