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J.C. Tretter

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169 total appearances

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Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I mean, I would never have thought to ask, are there rats in your locker room? Are there physical rats in your locker room? And yet that comes out in the survey because there were. In Jacksonville, we should say. Not everywhere. Right. You have to allow the players to fill you in with what's bothering them.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I mean, I would never have thought to ask, are there rats in your locker room? Are there physical rats in your locker room? And yet that comes out in the survey because there were. In Jacksonville, we should say. Not everywhere. Right. You have to allow the players to fill you in with what's bothering them.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I mean, I would never have thought to ask, are there rats in your locker room? Are there physical rats in your locker room? And yet that comes out in the survey because there were. In Jacksonville, we should say. Not everywhere. Right. You have to allow the players to fill you in with what's bothering them.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Like there's one team that doesn't have outlets in their lockers where they can't charge their devices. Okay. Who is that? Cincinnati. Okay. The survey was conducted online with guaranteed anonymity. In our business, you're so on razor's edge of being cut and losing your job.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Like there's one team that doesn't have outlets in their lockers where they can't charge their devices. Okay. Who is that? Cincinnati. Okay. The survey was conducted online with guaranteed anonymity. In our business, you're so on razor's edge of being cut and losing your job.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Like there's one team that doesn't have outlets in their lockers where they can't charge their devices. Okay. Who is that? Cincinnati. Okay. The survey was conducted online with guaranteed anonymity. In our business, you're so on razor's edge of being cut and losing your job.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

The idea that these owners actually think players can walk into their office and tell them, like, hey, I think you're being cheap and you're not spending enough money on us, and there wouldn't be any retribution— is a little crazy to me.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

The idea that these owners actually think players can walk into their office and tell them, like, hey, I think you're being cheap and you're not spending enough money on us, and there wouldn't be any retribution— is a little crazy to me.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

The idea that these owners actually think players can walk into their office and tell them, like, hey, I think you're being cheap and you're not spending enough money on us, and there wouldn't be any retribution— is a little crazy to me.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Like those are the core issues that impact their daily life. And I didn't want it to become like, hey, this is a good coach because we win a bunch of games. That's not telling us anything. There's some coaches that have a leadership council of older players that meet once a week and then acts on those recommendations. And I think that's what a good workplace looks like.

Freakonomics Radio
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Like those are the core issues that impact their daily life. And I didn't want it to become like, hey, this is a good coach because we win a bunch of games. That's not telling us anything. There's some coaches that have a leadership council of older players that meet once a week and then acts on those recommendations. And I think that's what a good workplace looks like.