71.   Club chairman John Sanders said Dawson was picked because she had experience in starting up a new franchise.

72.   First Bus chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun announced three former CMB managers were hired immediately after the government had awarded the company with the new franchise.

73.   Gary Hetherington is chief executive of the Rhinos and wife Kath is chairman and co-owner of the new Gateshead franchise.

74.   He and his wife, Ginger, also have a new WNBA franchise, the Seattle Storm, which begins play next month.

75.   Houston, which has a stadium and financing plan set to go, is still in contention for the new franchise.

76.   Los Angeles, the natural site for a new franchise, is still bogged down in political wrangling and has no stadium close to ready for an NFL team.

77.   Mr Ng said the quick decision would help the new franchise work out details of the transition.

78.   One league announces a new franchise.

79.   She still plans to play for the new WUSA franchise in Orlando, which starts play next April.

80.   Structures to drivethe new franchise It is not often that organisations are given the opportunity to reinvent themselves.