NFL Management
NFL teams have too many managers and too few resources to manage, writes Gregg Easterbrook at his ESPN column Tuesday Morning Quarterback:
If General Electric had the same ratio of titles to revenue as the Patriots, GE would employ 652 presidents, 1,304 executive directors, 1,956 chief officers and 9,780 directors.
Check out some of the examples:
- Tennessee’s Bud Adams Jr. officially calls himself owner/chairman of the board/CEO/president.
- At Dallas, Jerry Jones and his son Stephen have awarded themselves these six titles: owner, president, general manager, chief operating officer, executive vice president and director of player personnel.
- The Patriots, this year’s winner for most top-heavy front office, have a chairman and CEO, a president, a vice president of player personnel, a chief administrative officer, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, three other vice presidents, two executive directors, two people who both hold the title director of sales, a director of strategic initiatives, and 12 other directors.
It’s like a league of a bunch of man-boys saying “mee oooh mee, I wanna be a manager for a football team!” Bleck.