1.   At issue is an expired agreement that had allowed Time Warner to transmit the signal of seven Disney-owned, ABC TV stations, over its cable systems.

2.   At issue is an expired agreement that had allowed Time Warner to transmit the signal of seven Disney-owned ABC TV stations over its cable systems.

3.   -- If they impose the freeze, do they unilaterally suspend the provision in the expired basic agreement that provides for triple damages if clubs are caught colluding again?

4.   But the union points to the language in Article XXI of the expired agreement.

5.   If they were to impose a freeze on free agents, the players would accuse them of collusion and seek triple damages under a provision in the expired agreement.

6.   The partnership portion of the new proposal the players presented to the owners yesterday prompted a look at yet another article of the expired agreement.

7.   Neither side was happy with the expired agreement, but no one can agree on what should replace it, if anything.

8.   Owners are appealing the decision of U.S. District Judge Sonia Sotomayor, which restored the rules of the expired bargaining agreement.