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The problem I find with the smug tone, is that to me, the story is eminently plausible. In college I played in a club rugby team. Everyone who was on the team
by JackFr 4y ago
The problem I find with the smug tone, is that to me, the story is eminently plausible.
In college I played in a club rugby team. Everyone who was on the team had to pay dues, and one of the things the dues paid for was our coach. Now I understand the big differences between being whipped by an overseer and having a coach make you run wind sprints, but at the same time there is a similarity to outsourcing this unpleasant activity to an outsider who will do it at arms length.
- onos 4y agoIt’s absolutely a reasonable idea and not surprising. Organization self policing is probably as ancient as organization.
- emmelaich 4y agoAgreed that the story is plausible without the the whipping bit. As another sports example, consider the cox'n in an eights rowing boat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain_(rowing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain_(rowing)
- dmurray 4y agoYou might also hire a tough coach or personal trainer as an individual, though. So that makes the original story less applicable as a parable about outsourcing collective responsibility.