I'm a hockey fan. Specifically the Montreal Canadiens. There's a guy on that team right now that makes 8MM/year and the whole team has a 55MM cap they can spend

I'm a hockey fan. Specifically the Montreal Canadiens. There's a guy on that team right now that makes 8MM/year and the whole team has a 55MM cap they can spend on their "employees". He's 8 days away from not having scored a single goal in an entire calendar year. And his contract is for 2 more years. And you know what? The team is still going to pay him. Because that was the contract that was signed. If you think having a software guy around for a year when he wasn't a great hire is a long time what about having someone around for 5+ years that not only isn't any good but (due to the cap) actively hinders the team's ability to get anyone better to replace him. And yet the sports world seems to get along just fine this way.