Fantasy sports give you the opportunity to put together the best team. I know best is a relative term. Let me rephrase. Fantasy allows me to put my best team together! I can think of my best team across a wide range of sports and work situations. As a natural part of this process, I also know who are my poster examples of “not”.
For example, it would be hard to include someone from the Boston Red Sox or the Dodgers on my fantasy baseball team. A member could have played for them briefly, however the longer the stint the better the player would have to be in order to overcome the loyalty I have to the Yankees and the Giants. In F1, MotoGP, and football (all kinds) I have my favorites that I think are the best. Even at work, there are individuals that I have worked with over the years that are among the best at what s/he does.
In each situation, I know there are those that I would not willingly work with again. As I think about these individuals, I realize that it is not personality, skills, or chemistry that links them together. In each case, they struggled to know what it meant to be a member of a team. I have a bias filter that comes from the premise that it is “only as you accept your part of that body does your “part” mean anything.” (1 Corinthians 12.28)
For those that did not make the team, it is a difficult message to deliver. For me, the words are simple. The problem is one of helping each understand. In almost every case, I have not found the words, examples, or stories that have reached her/his heart. It is as if s/he refuses to accept.
I have almost given up in some cases. The motivation to keep trying rests in the God I know. S/he has never given up on me. In times when I get it and especially when I do not, God is on my side. Understanding works both ways.
