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it’s called transfers, it does happen
I mean, the difference is that companies typically don't function as an employment cartel like the NFL does. If you work as a data entry clerk, all the other data entry firms won't refuse to hire you if you decide you don't want to transfer to Omaha. But if the Lakers decide they want to sell you to the Red Sox, you really have no choice if you want to continue being a professional hockey player.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of sports nerds suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Let's see how I do without looking anything up
NFL - Easy! (American) Football.
Lakers - Basketball?
Red Sox - Baseball.
Hockey - Huh. The only team I know of is the one in my own state. I don't have a clue where the rest of the franchise is.
I give myself a 2/4 grade before I even check the answers.
Looking things up...Huh.
The Lakers are based in Los Angeles, and there are two hockey teams there (well, one is in Anaheim. I'm not sure whether that "should count"). The Kings and the Ducks.
The Red Sox are based in Boston which also has a hockey team, the Bruins.
I should probably also look up football teams, but meh. I just lost interest in looking up sports tidbits.
Lakers.. lakes.. lakes freeze over that must be hockey
Red sox , foot wear must be football...
And Bruins.. which is an archaic word for bear... And since it's archaic that means old people use it. And only old people watch baseball so that must be base ball.
How'd I do?
Lakes freeze over: hockey
Socks keep your feet warm: hockey
Bears are what give the Arctic and Antarctic their names: hockey
National Football League. Leagues are the measurement for water, which freezes: hockey
Not in southern California AFAIK!
Makes sense since they were originally the Minneapolis Lakers.
If we were paid like pro athletes do. I actually wouldn't mind. This is also why they have trade clauses in their contract to.
Imagine how good the food is at a "minor league" McDonald's...... Or how about a McDonald's owned, operated, and staffed entirely by high-school wannabe chefs. Conversely, if they paid like pro athletes then you're getting Michelin 5 star chefs cranking out chicken mcnuggets at $275.00 for a 4 pack. If THEY pay like that, then WE pay like that. . .
After the franchise wars, all restaurants are taco bell! Or pizza hut.... depending where you saw it.
Or acquisitions. I know a bunch of cases where a business unit was broken off and sold specifically to bring a few engineers over to the other company without needing to poach talent.
But those engineers had to agree to the move. They're free to quit if they don't like that deal, or to demand a raise to agree to it.
Yeah they are included in the negotiations. Usually it comes with a signing bonus and RSUs or options which require a certain tenure.
That's a nice fairy tale mate, you have talent for fiction. Watch out George Martin.
You seem to have no idea what you're talking about.