Due to the impending merger of the American Football League and the National Football League, which was due to take full effect in the season, Brown agreed to join the AFL as its tenth and final franchise.

Due diligence was not performed, and the merger was rushed.

* Due to an apparent spread of the merger towards the center of the United States ( from both the western and eastern states ), portions of the Midwest also feature the merger:

Due to the merger of United and Continental, Copa Airlines phased out its previous frequent flier program ( OnePass ) on December 31, 2011 and began using United's new MileagePlus program on March 3, 2012.

Due to the merger between Champ Car and the Indy Racing League in 2008, the 2008 Grand Prix of Houston was canceled.

Due to the disparity of sizes of the populations – Herefordshire had about 140, 000 people, much less than Worcestershire, which had a population of about 420, 000 – it was perceived by Herefordshire as a takeover rather than a merger, especially after it merged that the administrative centre was to be located to the east of Worcester city, and it never attracted the loyalties of residents.

" Due to the merger, the band found themselves without label support, as Jenkins said, " Our record company ceased to exist.

Due to the expected merger, the NWHL was split into the Eastern and Central divisions, with the WWHL teams expected to make up the Western Division.

Due to a railway merger between MTR and KCR in late-2007, they are now operated by MTR Corporation for running MTR Feeder Bus ( previously known as KCR Feeder Bus ) routes.

Due to the merger with the ASP, from 1977 it has been also the ruling party in Zanzibar, though there its grip on power has been more contested by the Civic United Front ( CUF ).

Due to poor sales and issues involving Wildstorm's merger with DC Comics, the license was allowed to expire in 2002 without renewal.

Due to this merger, Svolvær lost its status as a " town ".

Due to the merger of various municipalities into the new City of Ottawa, it can draw on a much larger base of students.

Due to the merger agreement ( dated 10 February 2010 ) it came to the resolution of the European Air Transport N. V. Brussels.

Due to the merger, there are only 15 teams in the CSL.

Due to economic uncertainty and NBC Universal's upcoming possible merger with Comcast, NBC was thought to be selling their stake in ValueVision and announced they would do so in May 2010, forcing a change in name, but decided to retain the stake in June 2010 for the time being.

Due to his concentration in Morgan Keegan stock at that time of the merger, Morgan remains the largest non-institutional shareholder of Regions, according to Bloomberg.

Due to regulatory issues, the full merger was not completed until February 1998.

Due to its size and flooring area, and it has been slated for expansion since the merger.

Due to intermarriage with the Japanese and ongoing absorption into the predominant culture, there are no truly Ainu settlements existing in Japan today.

Due to deficits with existing anxiolytics ( either in terms of efficacy or side-effect profile ), research into novel anxiolytics is active.

Due to the economic crisis that affected most former Eastern bloc countries, a steady reform in the military could not be carried out ; much of the equipment fell into disrepair and some of it was smuggled and sold to the international black market.

" Due to inflation khoums and iraimbilanja have in practice fallen into disuse.

Due to the similarities between the Chinese and Indian philosophies, the notion of chakras was quickly blended into Chinese practices such as acupuncture and belief in ki.

Due to the abundance of sunshine, year-round tropical temperatures moderated by the almost constant trade winds, and the great variety of scenic destinations to visit, during the second half of the 20th century on into the 21st, the Caribbean Sea became a popular place for tourism.

Due to pilferage, ignorance, and neglect, the country's infrastructure — electrical, water, road, transportation, and health — fell into ruin.

Due to the ubiquity of Ethernet, the ever-decreasing cost of the hardware needed to support it, and the reduced panel space needed by twisted pair Ethernet, most manufacturers now build Ethernet interfaces directly into PC motherboards, eliminating the need for installation of a separate network card.

Due to its availability under the GNU Free Documentation License, a copyleft license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other free content projects, such as Wikipedia.

Due to a combination of ( 1 ) the traditions of dynastic succession in Aragon, which permitted maternal inheritance with no precedence for female rule ; ( 2 ) the insanity of Charles's mother, Joanna of Castile ; and ( 3 ) the insistence by his remaining grandfather, Maximilian I, that he take up his royal titles, Charles initiated his reign in Castile and Aragon, a union which evolved into Spain, in conjunction with his mother.

Due to sharp decreases that have been seen in the Ozark subspecies, researchers have been looking at trying to differentiate C. a. alleganiensis and C. a. bishopi into two management units.

Due to the regular encoding of the MOV-instruction ( using a quarter of available opcode space ) there were redundant codes to copy a register into itself ( MOV B, B, for instance ), which was of little use, except for delays.

Due for release in 2012, the biopic Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie will touch upon Downey's upbringing and formative years in radio and politics before launching into the history of The Morton Downey Jr. Show and Downey's influence on trash TV.

Due to Spanish transition to democracy and rise of " Movida culture ", the musical genre felt into a decadence of production and box-office, only saved by Carlos Saura and his flamenco musical films.

Due to the Torah injunction not to eat chametz during Passover, () observant families typically own complete sets of serving dishes, glassware and silverware ( and in some cases, even separate dishwashers and sinks ) which have never come into contact with chametz, for use only during Passover.

Due to the rotation and the incorporation of the lanthanides and actinides into the main table, the Alternative Table is significantly longer vertically than the Standard Table.

Due to its strategic location, the Prussian authorities intended to make Poznań into a fortress city, building a ring of defensive fortifications around it.

Due to its simplicity, the model allows insight into quantum effects without the need for complicated mathematics.

Due to guilt, this rage is transmuted into a masochistic fantasy of being beaten by the father, substituting the boy ’ s own buttocks for the mother ’ s breasts and idealizing the father out of hatred of the mother, thereby substituting a homosexual for a heterosexual bond.

Due in part to her exposure to the powerful telepathic influx of Species 8472, Kes begins to " evolve " into a different state of being.

Due to subterfuge on the part of Themistocles, the Allies lured the Persian fleet into the Straits of Salamis, and the decisive Greek victory there was the turning point in the invasion, which was ended the following year by the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Plataea.

Due to the millions of tons of soot, smoke and dust that have been blown into the upper atmosphere by the explosions, a nuclear winter develops.

Due to anatomical barriers such as the pelvis, the uterus is pushed partially into the abdomen due to its expansion during pregnancy.

Due to osmosis, water will diffuse into the vacuole, placing pressure on the cell wall.

Due to the proprietary technology the Maglev Trains couldn't be incorporated into the Shanghai Metro and became a " train to nowhere " as its final stop is another 20 mins connection to the city centre via the Shanghai Metro.