You have a very naive view of the world. Profit, is what pushes everything in business. Anyone who has run a business, owned a business or simply been a shareholder in a business, will tell you it only comes down to one thing...profit = money.
If you wind it back a bit, clean slate, ask yourself this: How did Sir Jim buy a stake in the club? The answer is, he did so because his other companies (mainly Ineos) makes a huge amount of money. It makes a huge amount of profit. Without that profit, he would never have been in a position to buy United.
You mentioned players are not attracted to profit. Of course they are, otherwise they would all be playing pub football, just for the love of the game. Take any player who plays professionally and you're looking at someone who is trying to maximise their profit. If said player had an option of either A: Playing for Leeds for £25k a week or playing for Real Madrid for £250k a week, do you think ANY player would turn down Madrid, based on your belief that no player does it for profit?
And lastly, sponsors. Are you suggesting that the likes of say, Nike or Adidas, sponsor a team like United for £20m a year, simply because they like having their logos on the shirt? They do it because they know they'll make more money (hence profit) from TV exposure, shirt sales etc. This in return, creates a bigger market share and more people spending money online and in their shops, not just on football kit, but everything else they produce, trainers, t-shirts etc
There's always a need to be profitable, its simply how the world runs, even a family home, with income, runs off of the basis of 'how much money have we got left this month' which is, in effect, profit.
What you're probably alluding to, is a moral compass. That you don't want the club to lose its soul and football perspective against the pursuit for money and thats a fair point and a worry for a lot of fans. There's always a tightrope to walk in football, especially at the top end where money, profit and success can often override the beauty of the game. But at United level, there's always going to be money, business and profit in the mix, if you don't like that side of it, you're probably better off moving down a few leagues and supporting a smaller club, where the focus is more on the football.
