[908B64B197]

>> Just as a sports team wins or loses together, so too should the engineering team be treated as the fundamental unit of success.

> A sports team has a play book, does your team? A sports team practices together, does your team? A sports team works as a unit, does your team?

It's a great analogy, but the author should also keep a couple things in mind:

- Out of all the football teams in the world, only 32 can ever win the SuperBowl

- Most of the money is in the SuperBowl (winner takes all)

- Professional athletes are extremely well coached and compensation is extremely competitive

- Professional athletes only train and play: there's support staff for everything else

[chrismcb]

While there is money in the super bowl, most of it isn't and it isn't winner take all.