31.   But the Cards restricted his movement by making him their franchise player, enabling them to match any offer.

32.   But the Pistons and the Spurs can negotiate more lucrative deals to retain their respective franchise players.

33.   But there is little time to fine tune, little time to figure out how to succeed with their franchise player has taken over the floor again.

34.   But to wheel a franchise player for Zhamnov et al was a bad deal from the start and has grown worse.

35.   But what makes Joe Thornton different from other teenagers is that he has the potential to be a franchise player in the National Hockey League.

36.   But without a true franchise player, Vaught is as close as the Clippers come to a go-to guy.

37.   But when crunch time came in the recruiting process, these two college franchise players utilized opposing points of view.

38.   Byars is not a franchise player.

39.   Currently, the player the team selects as its franchise player must receive the average salary of the top five players at that position.

40.   Dirk Nowitzki of Germany is the franchise player in Dallas.