Moving the goal posts hence becomes synonymous to the unfair practice of someone changing or bending the rules in the middle of a game (in order to deny opponents victories).
Sales people sometimes find themselves at the receiving end of such unfair treatment. An employee for an advertising agency that I know of, for instance, once was able to meet his annual sales quota in six months. Naturally he was happy because he thought he could take his feet off the pedal, so to speak, for the second half of the year. That is, he could relax and not work as hard as he did in the first six months of the year. That’s what he thought. In July, management moved the goal posts by raising the annual quota by 50 percent.
Fortunately, this particular employee went on to meet the revamped figure as well, but you get the idea of what “moving the goal posts” feels like. I mean, you should know what he felt after what could’ve been a really productive as well as financially rewarding year of honest good work.
Not very good, to say the least.
Anyways, here’s a soccer example of “moving the goal posts”:
Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has slammed FIFA’s decision to protect the traditional bigger nations by seeding the European World Cup play-offs as “disgusting”.
FIFA announced last week that there would not be an “open draw” between the eight nations which make it through to November’s two-legged knockout ties. It means that there is no chance of Germany and France playing each other for a place on the plane to South Africa should they both end up in second place in their group.
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