It's always on the mind of us as consumers. "Where and when can I achieve the best bang for my buck?" A question that drives us to purchase products over and over again at various locations. But when we go to sporting events to view what we call our "hero's" does value come to mind? Not generally, unless of coarse we are the management team of that organization.
As an athlete, I understand that winning takes time, and practice. (We all remember Allan Iverson's speech about practice.) Time, the key word in producing and winning in any sports specific atmosphere is the second equation. The first equation on every management staffs mind is where can I get the best bang for my buck. The difference is, as a general public we are talking generally at a maximum of $50,000. And that's generally for an automobile. Imagine having a budget of $100,000,000 and trying to produce a championship major league team that has to impress not a family, but a fan base of millions. It's that thinking that makes management teams try and get their best bang for their buck.
The public always hears the negative news when it comes to sports athletes and their under performing. After reading Kelly Dwyer's article, The top 10 value-for-money deals of the last decade, I understand more about the value general manager's are looking for when they go out and sign free agents. It's too bad we as the general public never hear about these types of stories that help promote large salary contracts. It's the feel good stories, like Steve Nash, who took a little less money so that he could be on a championship caliber team. That's the value all teams should be looking for. For that matter, we should as consumers as well.
Maybe one day, right?
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