Most of your examples are talent pipelines for the top leagues. Regardless I think you made my point for me at the end:
> They ALL know that the most driven talented players they can get at their level is what will make them win.
This is not how normal employment works. Sports are competitive by nature so the difference between a 60th percentile player and the best player is the difference between winning and losing. But for most businesses, the difference between the best frontend developer and the 60th percentile frontend developer is close to zero.
