1.   As the number of workers shrinks and the pool of pensioners grows, such plans are coming under strain.

2.   But as the buying pool grew this spring, so did the price range of the art that was bought.

3.   Granted, slower growth theoretically causes the available wage pool to grow more slowly, but extraordinary challenges force extraordinary solutions.

4.   If the pool of patients grows and parity laws require insurers to pay for all demands for treatment, something will have to give, experts say.

5.   So do they make the playoff pool grow, so players are financially compensated?

6.   That pool is growing wider all the time.

7.   The talent pool may have grown too quickly.