But Watford has exploited a gaping loophole in the regulations: Players on loan from non-English teams count as regular transfers rather than loan signings.
In the emerging START Treaty, for example, the Soviets have accepted a U.S. proposal that would do this by permitting each non-ALCM-equipped bomber to count as a single weapon irrespective of the number of gravity bombs or short-range attack missiles it actually carries.
But the RPI can be gamed: Four of the Mountain West's five tournament teams played non-Division-I opponents, which don't count in the RPI and thus don't hurt their rankings.
And Black was convicted of accepting a non-compete payment where the court found strong evidence of fraud as well as another count of interfering with a grand jury investigation by removing boxes of documents from his offices.