The league set a new rule for a strictly overhand pitching in 1948.

However, starting 2002, the league abolished extra time and set the points system to the standard 3-1-0 system.

The team has already offered him a seven-year deal worth about $130 million, depending on where the league sets next season's salary cap.

Given its current pace, the league may set an attendance mark for the third year in a row.

"The league hasn't set a deadline as such, but we're going to have to get going, and quickly," Brochu said.

The major leagues have set Nov. 15 as a deadline.

The league has considered the problem of slavery and set about securing information from various governments since 1922.

The league sets the price increase at all playoff sites.

In its most recent case, the court agreed that the league unfairly set weekly salaries for practice players.

In 2005, the league set an all-time attendance record with a total attendance of more than 2.3 million.