11.  It puts great weight on playing time and favors a consistently average player over a short-term flash.

12.  It was a transparent attempt to get the so-called average players to rally around the deal at the expense of the big-timers.

13.  It is one of the great evils of the salary cap, this notion that the average player must sacrifice for the good of the rich one.

14.  Jerome is as confident as an average European player.

15.  Judging that third C is always what separated the superior local bankers from the average players.

16.  McGwire, unlike the average player, is completely unaccustomed to what we shall call ambiguous home runs.

17.  Melrose did it by coaxing average players with big hearts to play like All-Stars, and great players to give career efforts.

18.  Not only do the average players get paid based solely on their performance, but there is little opportunity for them to take the foot off the gas pedal.

19.  Once upon a time, the average player, with no access to free agency, played in one town for his entire career.

20.  Owners complain that the salaries are too high and some players complain that superstars make so much money that average players are underpaid.