Correct. They also don’t need to try to win, and they don’t need to have a quarterback on the field, and they don’t need to play at a stadium, and they don’t need to serve food in the cafeteria, and they don’t need to have any training facilities, and they don’t need to have any parking lots outside the stadium, and they don’t need to have a team in Arizona, and they don’t need to have any assistant coaches, and a lot of other things they don’t need, but just make sense.
Misconception. Some players are better in games than at practice.
No. And you don’t have to like the explanation or even agree with it.