1.  Besides Thues, Syracuse is counting on another unproven player at a key position.

2.  Big bonuses to unproven players.

3.  A team with unproven players on defense and a quarterback platoon.

4.  Campo obviously couches his optimism because he realizes he is relying on relatively unproven players.

5.  In the NBA, some veteran players have proposed a rookie salary cap to limit how much an unproven player can earn.

6.  Nailon is concerned teams would double- and triple-team him next season, forcing the Frogs to rely on unproven players.

7.  No player wanted to discuss it publicly, but privately, several questioned giving an unproven player that kind of money.

8.  Recently, even unproven players here have begun to wrest bonuses equal to those of American players.

9.  The Cowboys are in a similar situation at punter, where two unproven players are competing for a job left vacant by the departure of Toby Gowin.

10.  The Dodgers have relied on unproven players to step into starting roles, most notably third baseman Adrian Beltre, shortstop Juan Castro and second baseman Wilton Guerrero.