Fan wrote:Just stumbled across these interesting words.
The Paradox of playing for the big softball organizations
The big softball organizations have stumbled upon a very successful business case, whereby most of the subjects accept the program, as long as they perceive that they have a choice or chance (to get the DDs the golden ticket); even if they are only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this business case functions (for the chosen and privileged ones), it is obviously fundamentally flawed (as most DDs are not assured a college scholarship). Thus, creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the business system itself. Ergo, those that refuse the program, while a powerless minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster for such businesses.
Apropos, are the big softball organization programs the standard?
Understanding the process of getting the DDs the golden ticket is imperative. Is it based purely on grades and softball ability, or a deterministic event, Vis-à-vis the player’s affinity to the business case owner (daughters, relatives, financial partners relatives, friends daughters, coaches’ daughters, client$$$$, etc)?
Explore the players advertised as “committed”, understand their affinity (if any) to the business owner. At the end, if you are in, you are in a great place. Otherwise, recognize the business and exercise your options (or hope for the golden ticket, which is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously being the source of one’s greatest strength, and one’s greatest weakness).
OK..my brain is starting to hurt now. If you've got to put "Ergos," "apropos" and "vis-a-vis" in an explanation, it probably doesn't belong on a softball field!
