I was reading an article on the NBA. It had to do with the players filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board about the way that the NBA has treated its players, violating the CBA with its draconian methods of bypassing the player's organization. I find it interesting how the players only decide to go on strike before or after a season. But, if they were smart, wouldn't they decide to go on strike during the season?
Right now is the highest point of interest in the NBA. During the playoffs. There are currently four teams involved in the quest for a championship. In a week, there will be two. That means there are 30 total players that you would have to convince of what I am suggesting. It doesn't take much to get 30 total players to do the same thing, especially if the owners are going to do it to those 30 players, plus 400 more, in about 3 weeks after the NBA season is over.
My suggestion: Have those players from two teams, 30 total players, perform a walk-out during Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
That's right. If they don't show up, with fans in the seats, owners sitting back waiting to collect paychecks, it will have an immediate affect on the bottom line.
Imagine how effective that would be. The players would be in the driver's seat. If the NBA wants its Finals played, its games in which the championship is decided (and the most money is made via television and rights, etc), then they had better get in a room and negotiate a deal with the players.
Maybe I'm tipping my hand at my employment, but I see the bottom line here. The owners overspend, then expect the players to make up the difference. No one but the team decided that Kwame Brown was a good asset. Same with some of the bench guys earning $5 million cap exception deals.
That is the problem. The players are playing into the owners hands by playing. Just don't play, see how much money they make.
The NFL players had the same advantage. Just don't play the SuperBowl, see how long it takes the NFL to come back to the table. Instead, they played the game, expecting a different outcome from the owners. And that ain't happening, is it?
Showing posts with label ownership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ownership. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
The Ships of a Person's Life
The two ships that everyone claims to be on are ownership and leadership. But few never want to take the wheel and drive.
Ownership means "owning" what you want to do. You don't push it off on other people, delay your decisions, or hope that someone will make the choice for you. People who do that are frustrating and it doesn't matter how much talent they have in a certain subject, if they don't take ownership, the result they want just won't happen. Those are the people who end up saying "there's no money it" or "it's a dying industry" but they weren't willing to sacrifice, weren't prepared for the work involved, or willing to sacrifice everything in order to make their goal happen.
Leadership has some of the same components of ownership. People who wish to tell people what to do are always claiming to be leaders. But that isn't leadership. That's a manager. Leadership is more diverse than that. It deals with the thought process that you need to push yourself further, in order to motivate the group. That is real leadership. Something that hasn't really been perfected since the days of Patton and Alexander. If you ever wonder why people point to those two generals as "true leaders" it's because they weren't willing to ask their troops for anything that they themselves weren't willing to do. That's leadership and the difference.
Why does this come up?
Why do you think?
We live in a world of constant complainers. People who want stuff NOW. YESTERDAY.
But they don't want to risk in order to do it.
Look at any business: restaurant, bar, shoe store, movie place, bookstore.
Everything is built on sacrifice. For every store you see, recognize that ten other people had to fail at it. Because that's the way things work. You have to hustle, work harder, do more than you can possibly hope to get out of it... then have a little luck.
I have friends who like to whine about things. I enjoy whining as well. Why? Because it wastes time and makes it someone else's fault if something doesn't happen.
So, if you have that book, that short story, or anything else that you could possibly be working on, but aren't? Just remember, it's YOUR DAMN FAULT.
No one else's. Because you chose not to accept the roles of an owner and a leader. You may want to be on those "ships" but lets face it, a lot of people stand on the dock, watching the boat go to sea and claim they've been on a cruise when they've never been anywhere at all.
Ownership means "owning" what you want to do. You don't push it off on other people, delay your decisions, or hope that someone will make the choice for you. People who do that are frustrating and it doesn't matter how much talent they have in a certain subject, if they don't take ownership, the result they want just won't happen. Those are the people who end up saying "there's no money it" or "it's a dying industry" but they weren't willing to sacrifice, weren't prepared for the work involved, or willing to sacrifice everything in order to make their goal happen.
Leadership has some of the same components of ownership. People who wish to tell people what to do are always claiming to be leaders. But that isn't leadership. That's a manager. Leadership is more diverse than that. It deals with the thought process that you need to push yourself further, in order to motivate the group. That is real leadership. Something that hasn't really been perfected since the days of Patton and Alexander. If you ever wonder why people point to those two generals as "true leaders" it's because they weren't willing to ask their troops for anything that they themselves weren't willing to do. That's leadership and the difference.
Why does this come up?
Why do you think?
We live in a world of constant complainers. People who want stuff NOW. YESTERDAY.
But they don't want to risk in order to do it.
Look at any business: restaurant, bar, shoe store, movie place, bookstore.
Everything is built on sacrifice. For every store you see, recognize that ten other people had to fail at it. Because that's the way things work. You have to hustle, work harder, do more than you can possibly hope to get out of it... then have a little luck.
I have friends who like to whine about things. I enjoy whining as well. Why? Because it wastes time and makes it someone else's fault if something doesn't happen.
So, if you have that book, that short story, or anything else that you could possibly be working on, but aren't? Just remember, it's YOUR DAMN FAULT.
No one else's. Because you chose not to accept the roles of an owner and a leader. You may want to be on those "ships" but lets face it, a lot of people stand on the dock, watching the boat go to sea and claim they've been on a cruise when they've never been anywhere at all.
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