At a time when the Yankees are seeing, more than ever, the perils of a long-term megadeal with a 30-something player, they are likely just months away from pursuing a long-term megadeal with a 30-year-old player.
What we see coming down the pike is the opportunity for a long-term, industrial strength player to merge the world of consumer interface design with the challenge of rebuilding everything that touches the customer within the enterprise experience.
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In other cases, a general manager feeling the pressure to win immediately caves to an agent and offers a long-term deal to an older player whose productive days are likely to end before the contract does.
That spectrum is critical to any third player having a strong long term position in the United States.
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Vaughan faced serious doubts about his long-term future as a player of any description, let alone at the highest level, after a fourth knee operation took him out of the international scene in 2006.
Ospreys elite performance director Andrew Hore welcomed Jarvis to the region, revealing that the player had been a long-term target for the Ospreys.
It's now almost impossible for management to get a policy on a player contract, at least past the first year or two of a long-term deal.
Europe appears to be a small player in these giant, long-term global trends.
However, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has high hopes for the left-footed forward, recently describing him as "great player", and in December 2009 Vela signed a long-term contract with the club.
But a confluence of factors is contributing to the development of New York as an important long term player in start-up tech.
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The 26-year-old's latest setback in a catalogue of injuries has led his club coach Rob Andrew to question the player's long-term future.
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