The subject of this essay is graduate study in physical education. Rather than discuss the conditionofgraduate study, the paper described some conditionsforgraduate study. For graduate programs to be genuine graduate programs, certain conditions must be present—no matter the particular model of graduate study in operation. At least four such conditions are needed: academic quality, time to fiddle, a baggy idea of truth, and a sense of community. Each of these conditions is described in turn. In the end, these four combine to make legitimate graduate studies in physical education possible and necessary. They are what bring graduate programs to or keep them in a healthy state of repair.