31.   Our players accept their roles and play unselfishly and defend.

32.   Players might not accept it right away but in the end they realize it is better this way.

33.   Since he apologized during a team meeting last Tuesday, players have accepted him back into the team fold.

34.   So for the first time in major professional sports history, players have accepted limits on individual salaries.

35.   Some players accept the quieter role.

36.   Some players may not accept that.

37.   That program, however, is tied to whether the players accept a salary cap, something they firmly and convincingly state they will never do.

38.   That would avoid a salary cap, which the players never will accept.

39.   The owners want the players to accept a salary cap as a condition for the owners to share revenues.

40.   The players can accept the qualifying offer or opt for arbitration.