21.   It also has limits on what players can earn, depending on length of service.

22.   It comes as rugby union authorities in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere argue over how much a player can earn from his involvement in the game.

23.   It is likely that a few players will earn modest wages in the International Hockey League or in Europe.

24.   Last week, however, NFL players earned our respect by balking at the prospect of playing five days after terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

25.   Many players earn five-figure bonuses for being selected as an All-Star starter.

26.   NBA teams are required to give three-year guaranteed contracts to their first-round picks, regardless of whether the players earn a spot on the roster.

27.   NFL players never earn that kind of money.

28.   On the eighth flagrant foul point, players automatically earn a two-game suspension for each flagrant foul.

29.   Other cyber-citizens have dreamt up games in which players earn points by frustrating the callers or getting them to use profanity.

30.   Other cyber-citizens have dreamt up games where players earn points by frustrating the callers or getting them to use profanity.