Free agents became commonplace and baseball salaries skyrocketed.

By copying the U.S., the salaries of players here have been skyrocketing, but many teams are running deficits, and some of them may not be viable.

The salaries have skyrocketed in the past 10 years, but so have the stakes.

Cashen's statement indicated that because the salaries of athletes have skyrocketed, the fans, despite being battered by a foul economy, must bear some of the burden.

Stars' salaries had skyrocketed.

Under the Americans, his monthly salary has skyrocketed from about $30 to $300.

While the N.B.A. has long had a cap on team salaries, there were so many loopholes that salaries have skyrocketed.

Athletes have not been nearly as militant in the intervening 23 years and it's no coincidence that salaries during that time have skyrocketed.

The mayor's salary would have also skyrocketed, to $105,000 a year from the $30,000 Mayor Mike Peters, a Democrat, now earns.

The players had formed an aggressive union, salaries were skyrocketing, fans were disillusioned.