The Pursuit of happIness ( the right form, not happYness)

Ask any one who has been to a B-school about the most testing time academically. Answer will invariably be -the first trimester of the course. Students trained to think in terms of technology,plants, rocks are bombarded with economic theories, organizational behavior jargons and what not. During one such lecture of economics when people were having hard time understanding the marginal utility principal ,our prof gave us an insight - Economics is all about Happiness. Reflecting upon, I realized that the theory is not limited only to economics.
Kotler defines marketing as 'meeting needs profitably' which ultimately leads to satisfaction of customers . Similarly finance teaches ways for maximizing the wealth of shareholders, which leads to happiness. So long before the release of 'Pursuit of Happyness', it got clear to me that life really is all about happiness.
Time passed and the course kept on providing ingenious ways to keep us busy and hence happy.
Recently in the last trimester I got to know something more about happiness...and this was during the sports week at our institute.
Our annual sports fest is the best time to be in campus. We are given chance to try our hands on some real games on field leaving 'theories of game'(alias game theory) in class. Emotions are high. Rivalry between the sections and groups makes the atmosphere lively. In such an atmosphere controversies are also rampant. People get chance to indulge in power play and show their managerial skills, which in fact is a good sign depicting that people are taking things seriously.During the event many incidents of foul play were reported.
Here again I couldn't stop my self from thinking why do people play games? Be it any game ...the game called life or the real field games. You already know this if you are a real sports person. The primary reason is you enjoy playing the game well , you enjoy the passion ,the synergy and the overall beauty generated by the participants putting their best. The other basal reason can be you want to establish yourself as winner and prove your superiority. Both of these reasons lead to happiness. But the real sports person doesn't give a damn to the other basal reason. For him it is a corollary if the game is played well and not the real reason to play the game. If someone just wants to win by using unfair means it is tyranny against humanity. The person is depraving himself and the other participants with the primary mode of happiness which comes when both the sides are given equal opportunity to put in their best. So if just winning provides someone happiness and not the means, the happiness is of c grade .
It is a crime because it is stealing others happiness by not letting them put their best.The thing is equally true for the game of life.
I got to learn one more thing. During one of the football matches late night, I lost my sweat shirt prepared specially for the occasion in the ground. For me it was not just a cloth but rather a memento to what I have lived during MBA. I was really pissed off. One of my friend came to console me and assured that I will soon get it back. No later did I realize who was consoling me? It was no other than our own ***** who got back from his home after sudden demise of his father. He lost what couldn't be bought back or someone will ever be able to return . But he subjugated his pain and in fact was standing for me! I felt really small. I was able to contain the pain of losing my sweatshirt .I learnt how to lose.