In this report, we explore the shifting role of the general manager and consider the daunting challenge of developing talented and effective GMs.
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Given that professional sports is in the midst of a financial golden era-according to a 2013 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the combined pro sports revenue will reach nearly $68 billion by 2017 (up from $53 billion in 2012), an annual growth rate of 4.8% -there is an urgency for general managers to win and build stable franchises immediately. Of the top 25 general managers in sports, as chosen by Forbes magazine in 2007, only five remain in their jobs today. In an environment where winning is tied inextricably to the bottom line and the general manager is spending the money of often-impatient billionaire owners, there is no place to hide and little tolerance for extended periods of futility. The job, once an unheralded backroom post handled in relative obscurity by former players, is now tracked and analyzed with such precision by fans and the sports media that job security has dropped precipitously. Increased media attention, fueled by the relentless 24-hour news cycle of cable television, the Internet and social media, has put general managers under intense, unprecedented scrutiny. In the past decade, as the four major North American professional leagues-Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League-have seen revenues and profits soar, the role of the general manager has become more complex, more challenging, and exponentially more stressful. There may well be no tougher job in professional sports than general manager. Bill Polian, former general manager of the Indianapolis Colts and member of the National Football League Hall of Fame The toughest job in pro sports.
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