[Anechoic]

but it is the most meritocratic of any other place in the world

Really? I think most pro sports leagues would give SV a run for it's money in terms of meritocracy.

[newnewnew]

Look at how hard Jeremy Lin had to fight for a spot on a team. Still lots of bias in pro sports.

[JonFish85]

I can't tell if you're serious, but Jeremy Lin isn't that good of a player.... He had an amazing run, but over time fell back to earth.

[walshemj]

You mean those with rich sugar daddy's funding them as a vanity project as most top tier football (soccer) clubs are or do you mean the socialist closed shop NFL where they only penalty for failure is the pick of next years best players.

[lmkg]

He means the players, not the teams. Player compensation is tied more closely to performance than most other sectors, although not perfectly.

[walshemj]

err so do the losing nfl and afl teams cut their players salarys?

[parsnips]

To be fair, that's just beginning to change because of analytics.