1.   Any franchise shift requires league approval, but league officials said Wednesday that they would work with the team to help it find a new home.

2.   As it turned out, even before they boarded the charter flight home, Allison had been dealt to the Kings, pending final details and league approval.

3.   Behring responded by reaffirming his plans, despite indications that Tagliabue is starting to generate enough support from other owners to deny league approval.

4.   Brown was fined by the NFL for writing the book without league approval.

5.   But in an interview this week with Ronn Owens on KGO-AM, he said the NFL may sue if Davis moves without securing league approval.

6.   For that, Budig would need league approval.

7.   I missed whatever weekend it was that Elway received league approval to play with a walker.

8.   If the team wants to do anything else out of the ordinary, it may have to seek league approval, Merhige added.

9.   It was all pending league approval, which was expected to come at some point early this morning.

10.   Late Thursday night, the Islanders issued a written statement confirming the purchase, which is subject to league approval.