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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
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Yeah, I'm not arguing that. But you're not paying the players. You're paying Murray Edwards et al. Personally, and your mileage will of couse vary, I think cutting out the GIANT middle man that is CSEC is an oversimplification.
There is of course a relationship between consumers and the product. Again if no one goes to see John Wick 4 and it bombs it's going to impact a lot of folks, including Keanu's bottom line. I just don't understand why folks are "I'm paying for these bums" about sports when we don't do it for other entertainment industries. That being said if CSEC offered me my money back for that Wild game (which was my first game in 5 years) would I have taken it.
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Impressive rant, but you could have ended your post there. That's all that needs to be said. This is old thinking that needs to die out.
Back when I was working in a corporation, I had a boss that would frequently express his subtle dissatisfaction with my work. There was almost never any praise even though my performance reviews reflected my good work (that he wrote). Occasionally, he would pull me aside and rip into me, yelling in my face. I would respond by showing some additional visible effort or something tangible in front of him for a short while, but it didn't actually improve my performance long-term.
I have had other bosses who expressed trust in me, allowed me to have autonomy over many aspects of my job, had frank conversations when things were not going well, but would never yell. That's where I put in my best work, again and again.
Being grumpy and yelling isn't a managerial tactic anymore than smoking in the office or having afternoon whiskies is. This ain't Mad Men. Time to modernize.
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Admittedly I've been thinking about this too hard because of the last several years at my job too.