1.   Although the team far exceeded its expectations, Wilpon and Reuteman said not everything went perfectly, especially in crowd management and in controlling long concession lines.

2.   And in a few years, most teams will exceed the salary cap by signing their own players and the market will cease to exist.

3.   Both teams have exceeded expectations.

4.   But it also would have eliminated the so-called Larry Bird exemption, which allowed teams to exceed the salary cap to sign their own free agents.

5.   Going into the tournament, the United States was not even expected to reach the quarterfinals, but the team exceeded all expectations.

6.   If the team exceeds the goal, the company will give an even larger bonus.

7.   If a team exceeds that number, a few things happen.

8.   In the past, a team could exceed the cap with a salary given to its own player who was a free agent.

9.   Owners also want to limit rookie salaries and alter the so-called Larry Bird exception that lets teams exceed the salary cap when they re-sign their own free agents.

10.   The Bird exception allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own free agents.