In sports there are certain things you root for that you know you’re going to have trouble justifying to yourself. Hoping for the other team’s star running back to get a season ending injury is one of those things; it’s hard in that you don’t want to see someone suffer a catastrophic injury but you also want them to stop being on the field in order to improve your team’s chances of winning.
Rooting for a team you care about to tank is right up there. In your heart of hearts, you know you don’t want your team to lose.