People like Sports

Sticking to my word, the above link is to a story about the economist from two weeks ago. It is about the World Baseball Classic. I personally think the World Baseball Classic is a good idea; spread the word of the baseball Gods throughout the world. However, it should be played in the winter, not a week before opening day.

With that out of the way, I wanted to move to a more pressing issue: time wasted by employees paying attention to the NCAA tournament and other athletic events. As my headline says, people like sports. Also, people love distractions. Combine these traits with some good ol' corporate job and you have this article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188043,00.html . The article talks about the $4 billion that American businesses will lose because of March Madness.

WHO CARES?

Humans are social animals. We like to talk, ask about common interests, etc. NCAA pools, the Superbowl, other sporting events give people something to talk about and an experience to share. If people were not distracted by the NCAA pool, they would be distracted by something else. I worked in a cubicle for a long time before coming to law school and if there was not something to be distracted by, I would find something. I think the company that did this study is wasting time by studing the time we waste.