Does anyone buy this...

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(11-18-2017, 07:10 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: NBA had refs that cheated it up, you can't seriously believe the NFL has totally clean players, coaches, referees, and employees top to bottom. Where there's massive money, there are dishonest people.

I remember thinking that when companies like GM (Not taking a shot at them...we are very loyal to GM as they "put bread on the table" most of my youth as my father retired from there as an engineer) have over 500,000 people they employ.  There is bound to be a few borderline geniuses that will rise to the top and run the company.  

But that isn't how it happens at all.  In my experiences, the folks that rise to the very top of the company are the ones willing to uproot their family to take promotions, willing to stab some folks in the back, always tilt the numbers so they look like the heroes, and take credit for a lot of other peoples work.   (again, not trying to flame anyone, being willing to move ones family does not make you a bad person at all, but you get the other stuff).

They want power over quality of life and they crave to be on top.  Once they get there, they are often exposed because they don't really know what they are doing and they run the company in to the ground.  

I have seen it first hand in a VERY large pharmaceutical company.  A woman that couldn't create a business plan for a single therapy got promoted to the top and destroyed a lot of peoples jobs.  She was absolutely clueless but played the game, took credit at every opportunity for other folks ideas and strategies as her own (yes, I am speaking of me...which I gladly passed to her as I like where I am because it allows me to still coach in the evenings....it limits me, but I can do very well because I am good at what I do and when I can help my company in any way, I am sure to do so...).  The way she stood on stage and described how she came up with this idea was a complete farce.  I mean, she actually told a story and made it sound like she had this huge breakthrough.  It would have been nice to have her say "Steve, stand up...this idea came from the field...he designed it, executed it through focus groups, and is changing the way we do business and I love that he cares enough about his company to come to me with an idea".  I didn't need the so-called pat on the back, but to bold face lie in front of the CEO of our company?  Wow...that took stones. 

My lengthy story is trying to prove the point that the corruption is so deep.  It just isn't entertaining any longer.  I hope Goodell and all the cronies get exposed and thrown in jail some day, but I can guarantee you that they are almost immune because of what and who they own.