Each day the mainframe settles all transactions via an online link, if it's available, or by a Net 1 agent who picks up receipts, store by store.

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Would a London-based team be at a decided disadvantage in trying to lure free agent talent or sign draft picks?

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Another way the players could get creative: pointing out the number of recent draft picks and free agent hopefuls were not part of the union when negotiations started.

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Stocked with stars like Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and Pedro Martinez, they signed free-agent busts to bloated contracts and squandered draft picks in trying to get over the hump.

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The penalties for a Circumvention under Article 26 range from team fines to player fines to forfeited draft picks and games to the voiding of SPCs and even suspension of a team employee, player or player agent.

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