If the owners do not approve the move, the issue may not be over.

The owners approved the settlement on Friday night in a conference telephone call, by a 17-7 vote, according to some reports.

I didn't think the owner would approve so I said nothing, but she'd gone home by then.

However, later information was that he would remain a member until the owners approve the sale this week.

The sale, which the owners must approve, would be the second of a major league team in less than a week.

The merger was formally announced after the owners approved moving to the fall.

Although that is their stated intention, the owners never have formally approved the idea.

For that reason, the owners approved the move with two provisos: 1.

The owners have approved an additional round of playoffs for the 1994 season, but the players must also agree to it.

Then yesterday, in a joint session, the owners approved the sale by a vote of 25-1.