1.   Could they someday be convinced that the modern NBA, diluted by expansion, is vulnerable to the formation of a streamlined super league?

2.   Once a team fell out of the European super league though, it would be hard getting back in.

3.   The European Champions League was expanded this year to head off efforts by television moguls to start their own super league.

4.   A meeting to discuss the creation of a new Dutch super league has been canceled, an official said on Friday.

5.   Aigner and Van Miert also discussed the plans for a breakaway super league, which has been put forward by Milan-based marketing firm Media Partners.

6.   ARL chairman Ken Arthurson said the super league issue was now dead after the clubs voted unanimously to make no changes to the competition structure.

7.   Hecht rejected criticism that clubs from smaller European countries would miss out on the spoils of international competition if the super league replaced the UEFA-run competitions.

8.   However, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said players and managers had not been approached about any proposed super league.

9.   Murdoch has decided to set up super leagues in Australasia and in Europe and Packer has responded by bolstering his own Australian Rugby League.

10.   Rodolfo Hecht, believed to be the man Berlusconi wants to head a super league competition, was reportedly in London for secret meetings with top clubs last week.