Because of its history, it is sometimes referred to as the VFL / AFL.

Because the length of the suspension would have personally cost Williams $ 100, 000 in match payments, Carlton decided to challenged the decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria ; at the time, there was no Appeals Board at the AFL Tribunal, so the courts were the only place to appeal decisions.

Because CBS held the rights to nationally televise NFL games and NBC had the rights to broadcast AFL games, it was decided by the newly-merged league to have both of them cover that first game.

Because of his exceptional play, he was named the 2004 AFL Rookie of the Year.

Because CBS held the rights to nationally televise NFL games and NBC had the rights to broadcast AFL games, it was decided to have both of them cover that first game, though only CBS ' cameras and technical crew were allowed to work the game with NBC picking up their feed.

Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new conferences at 13 teams each.

Because Haiti's forests have thinned dramatically, timber exports have declined.

Because of economic contraction ( the economy declined by about 2 % in 2004 and 2005 and lost another 1. 4 % in 2006 according to the International Monetary Fund ) the country was moving downwards in terms of per capita income.

Because of Jackson's star power, the Fox network declined to broadcast counter-programming against the halftime show like they did during Super Bowl XXVI's show in the previous year ( Fox aired a special live edition of In Living Color on that occasion ).

Because of low investment and poor maintenance, Uzbekistan's overland transportation infrastructure has declined significantly in the post-Soviet era.

Because of tone quality issues, some C ( concert pitch ) instruments — the C melody saxophone, C soprano saxophone, and C soprano clarinet, for example — have declined in popularity in favor of the standard versions ( B soprano and tenor saxophone ; B and A clarinets ).

Because the seller lacked the paper work authenticating the artwork, Gold & Silver manager Corey Harrison would only pay $ 1, 000 for the page, an offer that the seller declined.

Because of these factors, Chattanooga's population declined by more than 10 % in the 1980s.

Because Muhammad declined to select a method, by law, the method of lethal injection was selected for him.

Because of the political problems of Syracuse and the threat from Sparta, a group of Syracusans sent an appeal for help to Corinth which reached Corinth in 344 BCE Corinth could not refuse help, though her chief citizens declined the responsibility of attempting to establish a settled government in factious and turbulent Syracuse.

The FDA supports the test, stating that " to date, no single test, or battery of tests, has been accepted by the scientific community as a replacement ... the Draize test " Because of its controversial nature, the use of the Draize test in the U. S. and Europe has declined in recent years and is sometimes modified so that anaesthetics are administered and lower doses of the test substances used.

Because the ownership structure was a tenancy-in-common, in which all partners have to agree on any action, as opposed to a straightforward partnership, it was difficult to get permission for necessary repairs and improvements to be done, and the building declined during the Helmsley / Flatiron Associates era.

Because Mil had recently accepted a book-publishing deal, he declined the offer.

Because his father and great uncle had been officers in the regiment Lutyens declined a fee for his work.

Because she was such an active member of the church community, her audience respectfully declined her proposal.

Because of this, 7 – 4 UCLA declined an invitation to the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl .< ref >

Because of the implementation of " one member one vote " ( OMOV ) systems and proportional delegate elections by most parties, conventions have declined in importance.

Because of these wars the Indian population in the northern parts of the province declined, but settlements only slowly expanded into the province's interior.

Because of vehement objections from New York, which had conflicting property claims, the Continental Congress declined to recognize Vermont, then called the New Hampshire Grants.

Because of successful audience development initiatives at the core of the plan as well as other revenue progress and strong management of expenses, the structural deficit ( whose gaps are funded by additional contributions ) has declined 18 % from $ 3. 4m in 2007 to $ 2. 8m in 2011, dipping as low as $ 2. 62m in 2010.

Because of health problems he declined a Soviet offer to work for their State Plan for Electrification of Russia ( 1918 ).

Because Massachusetts and Connecticut had refused to subject their militia to the orders of the War Department, Madison declined to pay their expenses.

Because of negative publicity and cost factor, the use of the classical rasayana formulas has declined considerably, and most of the preparations available now have herbal ingredients with a couple of mineral and animal products.

Because Within These Walls had been a moderate success in Australia, she was approached by producers to play the role of the Governor of the Wentworth Detention Centre in the later series Prisoner, a job which she declined.

Because of its stance against dental amalgam, membership in the American Society of Dental Surgeons declined, and due to the loss of members, the organization disbanded in 1856.

Because of the radical departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself.

Because the act of processing results in the loss of certain vitamins and minerals ( such as magnesium ), some consider raw cacao to be a more nutritious form of chocolate.

Because the chromosomes cannot be distinguished in the synaptonemal complex, the actual act of crossing over is not perceivable through the microscope, and chiasmata are not visible until the next stage.

Because the act of folding a losing hand rather than showing it down is so common, some players can take advantage of others who do this with a rare play called a call-bluff.

Because players act in clockwise order, a player " has position " on opponents seated to his right, except when the opponent has the button and certain cases in the first betting round of games with blinds.

Because fifteen days can separate the first and second rounds of a presidential election, this means that the President of the Senate can only act as President of the Republic for a maximum period of fifty days.

Because the rats are encouraged to act via the reward of pleasure, not muscularly compelled to behave in a particular manner, their behavior under MFB stimulation is likened to a carrot-and-stick model of encouraged behavior versus a system of mind control.

Because the act singles out exclusive dealing and tying arrangements, one may assume they would be subject to heightened scrutiny, perhaps they would even be illegal per se.

Because of an act passed in October 1779, the assembly elected to meet at any place in the state they saw fit, meeting successively in Wilmington, Lewes, Dover, New Castle, and Lewes again, until it finally settled down permanently in Dover in October 1781.

Because it can act anywhere on the substrate, α-amylase tends to be faster-acting than β-amylase.

Because of the act, the U. S. government could regulate new media technologies such as television and mobile phones.

Because Parliament is a court, the highest in the land, a bill of attainder is a legislative act declaring a person guilty of treason or felony, in contrast to the regular judicial process of trial and conviction.

Because they weren't a double act ; they were two men who worked together and had their own careers.

Because of this unlawful act, an oracle warned him that a descendant of Aeolus would seek revenge.

Because of the broad authority that the act granted, it was used both for the maintenance of civil order and for political means.

Because there are numerous connections between him and these masters, however, it can be concluded that his departure in techniques was deliberate and not an act of ignorance.

Because the government was uncertain whether this law would constitute a violation of the Charter's guarantee of Freedom of Association, a clause was written into the act, invoking the Section 33 override.

Because our independent transcendentals act as indeterminates over, every permutation in the symmetric group on 5 letters induces an automorphism on that leaves fixed and permutes the elements.

Because it can act as an alkali, the agent has a mild saponification effect on hot grease, which forms a smothering soapy foam.

Because of their prestige and the public trust which they enjoyed, they could act as intermediaries between the emperor and the ministerial officials, and thus provide a stabilising force in the court.

Because of this, all goldriders must act as leaders.

Because Cog's behavior responds to what humans would consider appropriate and socially salient environmental stimuli, the robot is expected to act more human.

Because of the origins of its name, when Shakespeare writes of " the crows and choughs that wing the midway air " act 4, scene 6 or Henry VIII's Vermin Act of 1532 is " ordeyned to dystroye Choughes, Crowes and Rookes ", they are clearly referring to the Jackdaw.

Because of the Japanese military's policy to never surrender, Japanese soldiers never received any training about how to act as POWs: upon returning to Japanese ranks, many would face disgrace, punishment, and starvation.

Because the victim of the act is often the person who committed abuse against the defendant in the past, the goal of the abuse excuse is to " put the victim on trial " and show that the abuser " had it coming ".