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Cap Quotes
The old guard that is worried, is worried that the finances become the most important thing. You have to remember that the real competition is on the field. And all the devices we're talking about here - the salary cap and revenue sharing and the draft and so on - are to keep a notion of competitive balance.
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Along Quotes
The old contracts we would do with somebody along these lines. You would say, 'OK, I'll give you a $10 million signing bonus, and then the minimum salary the first year and maybe the second year, and then later on in the contract really jack the salaries up.' Now, because of the 30 percent rule, you really can't do that.
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Adds Quotes
The most surprising finding in this survey is the large amount of time executives spend searching for information. At today's executive salary levels, four hours of search time can cost companies $1,000 or more per week -- not including the cost of lost opportunities, delayed decisions, or other work not completed. If you apply this estimated figure to Fortune 500 companies, the money spent adds up to $60M each year.
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Ahead Quotes
Draft picks today are your currency, your life blood. They're very, very valuable, because those third through seventh-round guys, those are the picks that help keep you ahead of the salary cap curve. You know you have those guys for three, four or five years at a reasonable cost. Especially anybody after the first round. That's why drafting in the cap era is even more important.
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Assist Quotes
Companies in the Mountain region are hiring experienced accountants to assist with growth initiatives. There are skills shortages within some in-demand specialties. To ensure they secure commitments from top financial professionals, many employers are accelerating the recruiting process and offering more competitive salary and benefits packages.
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Average Quotes
And that's the average worker. The reality is that while every commuter is experiencing a financial hardship with increases in gas prices, those individuals earning the minimum wage of $5.15 per hour are being the hardest hit, with a whopping 11.3% of their salary being pumped into their gas tank annually.
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Bottom Quotes
The bottom line in this system is you've got to do a good job in the draft, because those players are the inexpensive players that can be developed and you can retain. I think it's an oversimplification to say that the salary cap is the reason for all the change that has happened in the league.
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Agreed Quotes
This is an extraordinary day for this league. We have collectively agreed on a system that will provide our fans with the assurance that each and every team can compete on a level playing field year in and year out. The new salary management system provides all member clubs with greater financial stability through the mechanism of cost certainty.
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Complaints And Complaining Quotes
There were a lot of complaints of people who were afraid to speak up that the coordinator, or the one that was organizing the campaign for BB, that it was being done during the company time. And I would like to see a detailed explanation of the time and the amount and who paid the salary of the coordinator back in those times.
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Bonus Quotes
There's a lot to be said for the motivational effects of the partnership bonus on levels of customer service. In the most recent round of figures, staff got about eight weeks' salary as a bonus. That's not to be sniffed at, and might explain why John Lewis still has a good reputation for service when you talk to people.
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Boards Quotes
It is sort of done on the theory that boards of trustees don't feel they will be held publicly accountable for massive salary increases if they can raise the money privately. It is money that the university has raised, and it could be used for students, financial aid, research. The notion that this is not really public money... isn't right.
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Accurate Quotes
It's almost like a managing a salary cap in football. You only have so many dollars to work with and you really have to make it count. Sometimes that means not being able to offer much to some wrestlers who are really good, and it also means we have to be pretty accurate when we do make a big commitment to a wrestler.
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Affect Quotes
I've had a couple of really good conversations with Marshall and I think he's very positive about having a couple of good years left in him. And that's very positive. The veteran leadership is critical. In this day and age, because of the salary cap, it's hard to have that. There aren't many people like Marshall in this business who can affect a team positively. Not just as a player but as a leader that can teach everyone else.
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Arizona Quotes
Nothing is more important than the quality of our teachers. The time has come to increase teacher compensation. I proposed a $2,500 tax credit, which, in after-tax dollars, would be the equivalent of a $3,500 raise in gross pay. This would close the two-thirds gap between the average teacher salary in Arizona and the national average .
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Address Quotes
The two areas I'm still concerned about is goal scoring and our size and toughness. We only have so much money left to stay under the salary cap, so I don't know if we'll be able to address all of our needs in our new world. We're going to have a lot of question marks that might not get answered until midseason, but I think that's going to be the case for a lot of clubs.
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Cap Quotes
As you say, the salary cap is a problem. If we wanted to get Corey Simon, we couldn't have made that happen, maybe because of the salary cap. It's not like we weren't looking at every good player that we foresee being available. But we have to be honest and realistic with what we can get done given our salary cap.
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Accepted Quotes
... A-Rod made his choice. He took the money. He could have taken $18 million or $20 million, but he gleefully accepted an average annual salary of $25.2 million, and now he wishes to God he were making a lot less money because now he is miserable in Texas. He wants to come to Boston, and he still might. But the truth is that he'd already be house-hunting in Greater Boston if he hadn't already made a bad decision to go for every last buck three years ago.
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Allowed Quotes
I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to drop out to play baseball, and then I'd get readmitted in September. I was convinced I was going to be a lawyer and was using my baseball salary to pay my way through school.
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Agreement Quotes
In 1994 there was virtually no chance we were going to reach an agreement without a work stoppage, ... They were talking about a salary cap and we weren't. In this negotiating we've been talking about virtually the same thing. It's sometimes a difference in philosophy on how to reach certain goals.
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Federal Quotes
I never have voted for a pay increase for me, and with such a huge federal deficit, I don't think it's right to vote for a pay increase for yourself ... My salary is greater than most of the people in my congressional district, and there is no way I can vote for a pay raise when many of them are just getting by.
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Check Quotes
If you are on a salary and you're paid every two weeks, this is logical, ... But it's not a good idea if you work for yourself or of if get a pay check once a month, because as soon as that money comes in you're ready to spend it. Also, it is more money out of your pocket and it's something else you have to think about. You have to remember to send in 26 payments instead of 12.
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Above Quotes
By a mutual agreement between (Davis) and the athletic director and the president, he has agreed to leave at the end of this season, and he's going to get a total of $800,000, so the amount that he gets over and above his contract is $260,000. In round numbers, it's one more year of salary. He's walking away with three years' salary instead of two.
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Absolutely Quotes
Home buyers must be absolutely sure they can afford the mortgage even if they lose the investment. You must ask: 'Can I afford this mortgage based on my salary or my income?' Just because the bank gave you bad advice and encouraged you do something foolish doesn't mean you should put yourself in that position.