41.   The players must accept some responsibility for failing to sacrifice for the good of the team.

42.   The players will not accept what amounts to a hard salary cap.

43.   The players grudgingly accepted his regimen in order to be the best-prepared team in the league.

44.   The players have accepted this and understand why it happened the way it did.

45.   The players would have accepted the deal we had on the table at the time, and the union knew it.

46.   The players generally have accepted the strong possibility of Monday play, regardless of the Masters looming.

47.   The players accepted a limit on salaries and additional limits on player movement.

48.   The players accepted culpability.

49.   The players have accepted that.

50.   The richer clubs have agreed to do that but only if the players accept a cap on their salaries.