When companies begin overemphasize risk management, and deemphasize opportunity management, the nauseous stench of status quo will begin wafting through the enterprise in epidemic proportion.
Lebret contends the recent decline comes from the decision of a few retail executives to deemphasize French wine during the war because of a few complaints.
Badge proponents hope that, as employers emphasize more precise competencies in their hiring calculus, human and machine scanners will deemphasize generic diplomas in favor of the rarefied skills an employer actually seeks.
More depressing for the purists is that I only see four ways to reverse the trend: (1) State legislative subsidies to keep a state-supported school within the existing conference due to other state schools they play and revenue retention from those games (2) private business subsidies, (3) donations from the general public and high net worth individuals, or (4) a conscious decision to deemphasize sports.