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Originally Posted by stemit14
You even see it pretty much any time a team is in a position where they have to choose if they want to give up a pick now or a pick next year - if it was part of a trade condition for example. The pick could be outside the top 20 in the current draft but most teams would still choose to give up next years pick instead.
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It's the same dynamic as politicians making budget cuts. They draw up 5- or 10-year plans that will save all kinds of money by the end, but they don't touch this year's budget because that might cost them votes. All the political damage from actually cutting services is postponed so it can be someone else's problem.
In some ways, the GM of a pro sports club is more like a politician than a manager. PR is king.