The retention of the Larry Bird exception, which states that players completing two seasons with a team can re-sign with that team for any amount regardless of the salary cap. ... The rookies would then leave their drafting teams to the highest bidder where they eventually help their new team compete for a NBA Championship. The owners feel that the mandatory five-year rookie contracts will allow the drafting team to get the better years out of the rookie before he leaves for another team. ... This clause allows players the ability to remain with their original team. ... As of November 20, ...

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What makes organizational members with Nike unique is that Nike has managed to capture the true essence of athletics and extends the idea of being on a team into that of being a member of the Nike team. ... For most, the concept of a team is stripped from their vocabulary upon leaving high school or college sports. ... On top of it all, Nike is a winning team whose very name is Greek for the word victory. ... The organizational members are the players on the team and the head coach is the Phil Knight, who pioneered Nike from the very beginning. ... During the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona ...

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