> Even as far as US College teams the team shouldn't just be composed of really good players. There should also be randomly selected college students in the team.
This depends on your goals. Are you trying to build the best single team you can? Or are you trying to build the best repository of skill in that sport in the population at large? Or maybe something else? I bet you'd construct different team compositions depending on how you answer those questions. Ditto for the musicians.
How are the rest of the band meant to practice when the drummer can't hold time?
How often do you think the weak player will receive a pass in the sports team?
How do you think it feels for the weaker members to be always holding up the others? What does that do for their self confidence, or their long term development of skills?
> Even as far as US College teams the team shouldn't just be composed of really good players. There should also be randomly selected college students in the team.
This depends on your goals. Are you trying to build the best single team you can? Or are you trying to build the best repository of skill in that sport in the population at large? Or maybe something else? I bet you'd construct different team compositions depending on how you answer those questions. Ditto for the musicians.