11.   The management council is scrutinizing the offer sheet.

12.   The NCAA management council held off on endorsing a proposal last month by conference commissioners, who want more power in scheduling nonleague games.

13.   The NFL management council is helping the Broncos in their claim.

14.   They fear that by the time the fishery management council cracks down on hagfishing, the fish stock could be seriously depleted.

15.   A spokesman for the management council, a station manager for Northwest Airlines, could not be reached for comment.

16.   But Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said regional fishery management councils should have national standards to follow in implementing quotas.

17.   Calls to the management council, the players association and the Packers were not immediately returned.

18.   Eldredge and other small New England fishermen say restrictions put in place by regional fishery management councils have already taken their toll.

19.   The Board of Directors, a group of NCAA presidents, sent those proposals back to the NCAA management council for further study.

20.   The quotas currently in effect are set by regional fishery management councils under the auspices of the National Marine Fisheries Service, an agency of the Commerce Department.