Word: capping
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...Limbe, a Haitian town of perhaps 20,000 on the road from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince, the chaotic interlude between the disintegration of the old order and the establishment of the new began last week with the spectacular helicopter landing of U.S. Marines. We heard stories of how townspeople began tentatively probing the extent of their new freedom. They dared to say the name Jean-Bertrand Aristide in public -- and were not beaten. Then, from hiding places under beds and inside suitcases, pictures of the exiled President emerged. Step by cautious step, people grew bolder. Friends formed groups...
...seconds it took to get outside, most of the police had run out the back, terrified of facing a fire fight like the one that had left 10 Haitian policemen dead in Cap Haitien three days before. I followed them and found eight hiding in other buildings of the compound. I told them to put their hands in the air. We were walking back to the main building when the Special Forces pushed in. It was over, and no one had died...
...same story. After imposing their own salary cap, the owners signed a series of dubious incentive-laden contracts with players, crude ploys to avoid the cap...
That left the league suing the owners, claiming the contracts were violations of the cap...
What's the deal? Either fish or cut bait, guys. It's enough that we should have to put up with lost seasons because you want a salary cap. But to hypocritically circumvent it, well, that's just...