1.  And as of now, NBA owners could complain that they are innocent bystanders in a battle between rival player factions.

2.  Even rival players hope Jordan will come back to ease tensions and excite the cash customers.

3.  For instance, the basketball spot featured play-by-play coverage of a college game in which a goalie was perched atop the net to prevent rival players from sinking baskets.

4.  Morse recalled the excitement of past T-Birds games, which were frequently interrupted by fistfights between rival players.

5.  Rival players sometimes taunt him with racist slurs, too.

6.  Someone asked the Aussies why they would salute a rival player in such a manner.

7.  Take it from Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride, who has watched Wistrom devour rival players for three previous seasons.

8.  The budget was late because tax collections were up, and the rival players could not agree on how to spend the extra money on whose pet projects.

9.  There were no punches thrown among the rival players, and the crowd was peaceful with about an equal number of people waving American and Yugoslavian flags.

10.  Those rival players have smaller screens, shorter battery life, inferior skip protection and far less refined software.