These statistics paint a picture of a more defensively minded league that is less likely to penalize such defensive play when it goes outside the bounds of the rules of play.
Deloitte says a combination of fair play rules and straitened economic times, which are limiting revenue growth, may see a majority of top flight clubs reporting operating losses rather than profits.
"Under the rules of golf I can play, " Woods said, relieved to have escaped his round still in contention.
In the aftermath of its 2004-05 lockout, the league implemented a host of rules changes intended to open up the flow of play and cultivate more offense.
Of these 854 rules in play with small business impacts, 470 required the aforementioned Regulatory Flexibility Analyses (RFA), a 12.4 percent increase over 2011 and a level well above anything seen in the past decade.
The Liberal Democrats are there to really support and be on the side of millions and millions of people who play by the rules, work hard, pay their taxes and are feeling under an enormous amount of pressure right now.
Behind these complaints lies a broader worry about France's readiness to play by the rules of the European game.
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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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To "play by the new rules of the new game" and strike quickly when necessary, Kwok says he is working harder, longer days than ever.
The good news is that, once Hollywood learns how to play by the new rules of audience engagement, this world is much more cost effective.
They claim that fast bowler Kabir Ali had already played for the Worcestershire Board XI in an earlier round and the rules of the competition mean he cannot also play for the senior county side.
In football, the rules of the game are imposed on every team by the NFL. In business, when you play to win, you get to impose a lot of the rules.
Skeptics are willing to play by any set of rules alarmists make, just so long as the rules are consistently applied.
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Financial free markets succeed not because institutions can flout the law, but because the law requires those institutions to play by a set of rules.
And along with our G20 partners, we agreed that we have to stay focused on the growth that creates jobs, and that every nation needs to play by the same economic rules of the road.
"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.
And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules.
The tip-top of the art market is populated by a handful of collectors who play by their own rules.
But senior executives like Hurd play by a different set of rules, often hammered out years earlier by expensive lawyers.
And I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules.
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As the competition between the Nabucco and South Stream projects perfectly exemplifies, Gazprom can literally play by a different set of rules than its opponents.
First, as the weaker partners in the trading system, developing countries benefit the most when the major trading powers play by a common set of rules.
Alongside our innovative spirit, America only prospers when we meet certain obligations to one another, and when we all play by the same set of rules.
And third and perhaps most important, the people launching these attacks play by a different set of rules that ignores patents, copyrights, and ethics, but they are business minded themselves.
Instead of letting corporations play by their own rules, we believe in making sure that businesses treat workers well and consumers friendly, and play by the same rules as everyone else.
Finally, we play by a handful of important rules.
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But as we saw last night, the five-point plan really boils down to one point -- folks at the very top get to play by a different set of rules than you do.
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Malaga were unavailable for comment when contacted by CNN, but the official line is that the sudden cost-cutting is to ensure the club complies with Financial Fair Play regulations, a set of rules implemented by European football's governing body aimed at ensuring teams live within their means.
He's been running around saying he's got a five-point plan for the economy -- except it turns out that it's just a one-point plan -- a sketchy deal that says folks at the very top get to play by a different set of rules than you do.
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