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		walshemj on Nov 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley Isn’t a Meritocracy You mean those with rich sugar daddy's funding them as a vanity project as most top tier football (soccer) clubs are or do you mean the socialist closed shop NFL where they only penalty for failure is the pick of next years best players.

lmkg on Nov 25, 2013 [–]

He means the players, not the teams. Player compensation is tied more closely to performance than most other sectors, although not perfectly.

walshemj on Nov 25, 2013 | [–]

err so do the losing nfl and afl teams cut their players salarys?

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