I see it more generally as being about wu wei--action without action. Anderson is poking fun at the idea that chasing hard will win you the prize; that instead you should act "as a river flows" (all very Taoist). Sport here is just a metaphor for life, and the final verse pretty clearly makes that point.
I see it more generally as being about wu wei--action without action. Anderson is poking fun at the idea that chasing hard will win you the prize; that instead you should act "as a river flows" (all very Taoist). Sport here is just a metaphor for life, and the final verse pretty clearly makes that point.