When I think of a company that is troubled currently with misalignment issues, I think of the NFL. The NFL is currently in a labor dispute between the players and owners. There are many issues at hand that the two sides continue to debate over. The main one is that of revenue. Currently, the NFL has an annual income of about $9 billion. Of the income that the owners take home, 51% goes towards the players salaries. However, the owners are trying to minimize that percentage to 48%, which is a large amount of money when you are talking about billions of dollars. Other issues that are being fought over are that of an 18 game schedule, player benefits, and retired players benefits. The way that the owner and league offices are going about this ordeal is where the misalignment is occurring.
To take a closer look, we can examine the league by the 7-s model. First, you have the shared values. This might be their biggest misalignment. The NFL has always tried to portray an image that they take care of their employees, the players, and and make sure all is well. However, since the lockout has occurred, all health and retirement benefits have been lost. In addition, the staff part of the 7-s model has some discrepancies. The commissioner of the league, Roger Goddell, is widely disrepected by the players and coaches. Since he is paid by the owners themselves, he often sides with them on issue, like the lockout, and has constant tension between the players. As a result of this, the structure of the actual NFL seems to be misaligned. The relationship among the four functions(commissioner, owners, players, and coaches) is strained and there is very little options in which to give feedback to each organization. These and a few other issues are what have led the NFL to struggle lately with their labor dispute.