Everyone would simply defer payment, beginning with himself and Mr. Ivory.
In such cases, Stern said the league could not simply defer to the player and let him decide his own level of risk.
"We're simply deferring a decision until more study can be made."
They simply deferred the resolution of that central matter for the time being.
Importing lots of Young People simply defers the problem to when they themselves grow old.
"At the same time, it has drawn a line and made clear that it will not simply defer to what the government wants."
They claim that in a modern and democratic society no one should be expected to defer to another simply because of his birth.
That's the only way we can offer them real pain relief instead of simply deferring and dragging out their suffering!
Depending on the severity of a hiring freeze, it could simply defer the addition of new jobs.
Perhaps it would be best if he simply deferred to the judgment of the others.