21.   The Jets spent almost their last dollar under the rookie salary cap Sunday to sign linebacker James Farrior, their top draft pick.

22.   The NBA Players Association and the league are going to have some interesting conversations regarding the rookie salary cap.

23.   The new rookie salary cap means players can become free agents after three years.

24.   The players proposed players becoming unrestricted free agents after three years in exchange for the rookie cap.

25.   The Players Association was expected to deliver to the league a counterproposal on issues such as arbitration, a rookie salary cap and free agency.

26.   The players have made tentative concessions on a rookie salary cap and on arbitration and free agency for younger players.

27.   The rookie salary cap, a device once expected to discourage early entries, instead has facilitated them.

28.   The rookie salary cap has put an end to first-year players being the highest-paid players on the team.

29.   The primary cause of the harmony could be attributed to the rookie salary cap, which limits how much money a first-year player can make.

30.   The rookie cap may be eliminated or the length of a rookie deal extended.