Conviction in a copycat league
Issue 228: Holding beliefs in a world of emulation
The National Football League (NFL) is referred to as a Copycat League—teams emulating tactics that previous championship teams deployed. What happens in the subsequent season, teams will copy that exact trend in hopes of emulating the success.
For example, many losing teams who didn't make the playoffs lure assistant coaches from the championship team, h…
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