To strengthen the field, the PGA tour rules stipulate that the group at the top of the money list at each event must play in the pro-am, while the least successful players do not.
"It is the obligation of everyone, including the players on the field, to ensure that rules designed to promote player safety, fair play, and the integrity of the game are adhered to and effectively and consistently enforced, " NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement announcing the suspensions.
The CIA must now conduct interrogations according to the rules of the Army Field Manual, which prohibits coercive techniques, threats and promises, and the good-cop bad-cop routines used in police stations throughout America.
Lawyers who defend corporations tremble to think how the new rules will tilt the playing field in their disfavour.
In a society where the playing field can easily be tilted and the rules rewritten to one's advantage, restructuring will inevitably be slow.
Earlier this week, Usain Bolt was stopped from bringing his iPad into the Olympic Stadium due to strict rules forbidding advertising on the field of play.
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Replays suggested Johnson had missed the ball but the rules state that the on-field umpire should be given the benefit of doubt.
The field of play is littered with debris and the rules are, well, there are very few rules.
Which is, I would submit, why gut feelings and rules of thumb from experts in their field are so useful as a method of business decision making.
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The league has in recent years also made strides to strengthen rules that govern on-the-field conduct, while adding sideline medical staff -- unaffiliated with the teams -- to more independently evaluate injured players.
In recent years, the NFL has attempted to strengthen rules that govern player conduct on the field, adding sideline medical staff -- unaffiliated with the teams -- in an effort to more independently evaluate injured players.
French finance minister Christine Lagarde denying there were plans for an emergency EU bail-out fund to help banks on the brink of going under - but saying she wanted a level playing field among EU countries when it came to accounting rules.
The new rules, arguably designed to level the playing field, call for the kind of spontaneity found in restaurants and on popular televised cooking shows.
Whereas in New Jersey strict campaign-spending limits went some way to levelling the field between the two candidates, Virginia's looser rules allowed Republicans to outspend Democrats hands down.
There is an implicit covenant between the NFL and its fans that the games are fair, that they are played based on a set of explicit rules, that there is a level playing field and that there is, at least with 15:00 on the clock before the first quarter, a chance that either team on the field can win the game.
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You can read more about forthcoming changes to the rules on annuities, outlined by a specialist in the field.
Hopefully as we understand more about CTE and its symptoms and progression, sports teams will be able to make better rules about what is and is not allowed on the field, and safety equipment regulations will perhaps also evolve.
League rules state teams can only sign eight loan player and field five in any one match and although Yates already has five loanees in the squad, he refused to rule out more signings in an attempt to improve results.
Well, in one way that sounds like an OK idea, a single set of rules for a certain type of finance: a level playing field and all that.
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Elephant polo, played primarily in countries like India, Nepal and Thailand, follows similar rules as the traditional sport, though the pitch (or field) is a bit smaller, players wield longer mallets made from cane or bamboo and two people ride the elephant: the player and the mahout who steers the animal.
The mother of a woman whose remains were found in a field in the Cotswolds says the minister for policing has promised to review arrest rules.
"The new rules present an opportunity for teams to compete on a more level playing field, " Horner said.
It also levels the playing field by ensuring that all companies in a particular industry are playing by the same rules.
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The fear was that in setting liquidity or capital rules for the banks under its umbrella, it could somehow tilt the competitive playing field away from London.
But Paterno didn't break NCAA rules in covering up for his buddy Sandusky, and allowing the coach a clear field to wreak havoc on the lives of numerous young men.
Members of the U.S. track-and-field team, among others, also took to Twitter in recent days to complain about the marketing rules around the Games, which they said deprive them of income.
Mr. FIELD: It'll be more inconvenient, but I think people catch on very quickly to the new rules and restrictions.
According to Nascar rules, drivers weighing less than 180 pounds have to weigh down their cars to level the playing field.
The panel denied the Football Rules Committee's proposal to require an institution's uniform to be different color than the field of play, a decision that will make Boise State and its fans happy.
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