The document discusses the Mesoamerican ball game and human sacrifice practices related to it. It states that the French and Mesoamerican civilizations used to play the ball game, which was usually played by two or three teams. The players could touch the ball with their hands, feet, hips, elbows or knees. The captain or some players of the winning team were sometimes sacrificed after the game. Opinions differed on whether the Mesoamericans believed human sacrifice pleased their gods or not.