Fans rail against teams in stick and ball sports when they sign venue naming rights deals.

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He's going round the changing room with a pen in his hand telling all the lads to sign his match ball.

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As a sign of solidarity and trust, the ball players on the Cardinals banded together and unanimously voted for Miller and supported him as their leader and advocate.

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Before next season's promoted clubs go out and sign players who have never touched a soccer ball, let's not get too carried away.

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It hoped that by starting the ball rolling it would brand collective-action clauses as a sign of a good credit, rather than of weakness.

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It was their first final since becoming a region in 2003 but they showed no sign of nerves and dominated from the first whistle, winning the collisions and showing plenty of enterprise with ball in hand.

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