Sports Teams Need an HR Department

Can you name the BUST?

I think Professional Sports teams need strong HR (Human Resource) presence in their front office. Some NFL teams pick a player based on how fast he runs or how many times he can bench press a Buick. The NBA has become a draft based on potential. The NBA would rather pay $5 million over a 3 year period to evaluate whether a 19 year old can run and jump like a deer, eat McDonald's 3 times a day and spend every frickin last dime he makes versus paying that amount to a player who can help them win immediately. Major League Baseball is just as bad by looking at how fast they can throw a ball or how fast they run to first base.

Whatever happened to the premise of “Past Performance is the indicator of Future Performance?” For the sports teams that make these judgments based off of a combine or a Pro Day Workout is the equivalent of an employer making a hiring decision based solely on the interview.

I can see the YMCA combine:

Child watch- How fast can you change a diaper

Welcome Center – How fast can you answer the phone

Lifeguards- How quick are you off the stand and into the water

Maintenance- How quick are you running down the hallway with 100 keys dangling 

(Disney does this and they call it AUDITION)

More sports teams need to follow the San Antonio Spurs, the New England Patriots and the Washington Nationals.

Combines (and interviews) are for show and make for great theater. But selecting a player or a candidate just off the performance of that one day is for suckers!