The new agreement adds full-time commissioners of state and quasi-public agencies to the prohibited donors.

Only full-time commissioners can participate in the decision-making process for telecommunications and all commissioners are involved in broadcasting decisions.

The lack of a full-time commissioner has been mentioned as one of the reasons baseball has endured problems in recent years.

Some owners would like Selig to be the full-time commissioner, but there are others who are eager to put a fresh, dynamic face on the job.

Commissioners may be appointed as full-time or part-time commissioners.

She was the only full-time commissioner on the seven-member panel, which resolves disputes between the city and its taxpayers.

Perhaps Selig is willing to sell to another owner who would move the team while Selig made a fresh start as full-time commissioner.

The agency has had a full-time commissioner for only about 18 months out of the four and a half years that President Bush has been in office.

As a result, she was appointed the full-time commissioner last month.

Julie Ruppert became the next full-time commissioner in June 2008.