In this paper, we make a hermeneutical analysis of the prevalent tradition in the philosophy of sport, that of internalism. To do so, we identify the prejudices that guide the internalist conception of sport, namely: the Platonic-Analytic prejudice introduced by Suits, who is one of the forefathers of the internalist approach. Then, we critically analyze four consequences of following such a prejudice: (a) unknowingly reduces reality; (b) generates a sugar-coated view of sport; (c) the idea of physical excellence is fuzzy; and (d) misguided because it generally leads to an unjustified and problematic leap from the descriptive analysis of the sporting phenomenon to the setting of normative requirements about how to practice sport.