The team owners, having no distinctive marketing

[jaywillen]

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There's only one problem with this approach: the games would be boring and nobody would watch them. The NFL Joseph Fauria Kids Jersey wouldn't be able to sell airtime to Budweiser for $2 million a minute, and they wouldn't be able to charge $12 for a hot dog and a soda. Their biggest revenue streams would be gone. This would be a pretty stupid plan, wouldn't it?

However, this is exactly how most employers still operate. And that's why many of them aren't doing very well. Employers don't recruit all-stars; they recruit average employees http://www.nflcardinalsofficial.com/Authentic-Tyrann-Mathieu-Jersey and pay them average salaries. These employees become lazy, they complain to each other in the cafeteria, and they put out the minimum amount of effort needed to avoid getting fired. Recessions hit, and employers realize that they can't afford people who don't pull their own weight. Layoffs happen. The economy picks back up, and the cycle of mediocrity starts all over again. The same listless employees come back to line up at the feeding trough.