"They in turn, as a local player, get a door opened to the rest of the world, so to speak.
Due to his British passport, Roberts had played for Wigan as a local player and impressed the Great Britain management.
If an M.L.S. club develops a local player, they are able to sign him directly to their roster as opposed to having that player enter the M.L.S. SuperDraft.
Commercial radio started in the UK as a loose association of regional/local stations and still regards itself as a local player with muscle.
"They wanted to switch down to a smaller trust company, a local player that would have less of an institutional feel," Mr. Dinzeo said.
The concert came about because Kathryn Conway, a former television producer-director, decided to take harmonica lessons from Frank Latorre, a local player.
In addition, he claimed "no WikiLeaks staff speak Russian, so for a strong culture which has its own language, you have to be seen as a local player".
Johnson also said that another reason for Chrebet's popularity was his status as a local player from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
Edmund recalled beating a local player, Stéphane Robert, in front of a noisy crowd at the French Open this year but admitted: "This will definitely be louder, a lot more people watching.
"We're really trying to work with folks in Europe to establish ourselves as more of a local player that is investing in jobs, in facilities, our physical presence, and all the ancillary things that come with that," he added.
