Every week there is commentary in the US press about the productivity of football (NFL and/or college) teams or individual players.
This is not productivity - it is about performance ... but fails to use an output/input ratio ... the very essence of productivity.
Player performance is important - but US sport (or sports reporters) uses far too many spurious statistics - and language that upsets a relative purist - the winningest team and so on.
They cite previous performances ands results between two teams as if it might have some bearing on the current matchup.
I am sure fans find it interesting ... I hope they do because a lot of resource goes into compiling these statistics ... but do they do harm.
I can image in a player on team X saying after a loss to team Y, "Well, its 27 years since we've beaten them - what do you expect?" If you build a reputation, some players and teams will succumb to it.
Statistics are real - but can be used to motivate if applied and employed correctly.
Think before you apply measures - in football, and in business.
This is not productivity - it is about performance ... but fails to use an output/input ratio ... the very essence of productivity.
Player performance is important - but US sport (or sports reporters) uses far too many spurious statistics - and language that upsets a relative purist - the winningest team and so on.
They cite previous performances ands results between two teams as if it might have some bearing on the current matchup.
I am sure fans find it interesting ... I hope they do because a lot of resource goes into compiling these statistics ... but do they do harm.
I can image in a player on team X saying after a loss to team Y, "Well, its 27 years since we've beaten them - what do you expect?" If you build a reputation, some players and teams will succumb to it.
Statistics are real - but can be used to motivate if applied and employed correctly.
Think before you apply measures - in football, and in business.
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