Our league has been a feeder system for the national team; we could still do that.
CLASSICALLY, the Miss America contest has not been a feeder system for stand-up comedy.
"It's a great sifter and feeder system for us," he said.
"It's more evidence that Japan has become a feeder system for M.L.B".
As a result, the feeder system for fullbacks to the N.F.L. has largely evaporated.
This is just the latest flap in this bloated feeder system of shady deals, silent friends, soft money.
At 17, he moved alone to western France, began racing and eventually joined the feeder system for Brioches la Boulangère.
"The feeder system here is not like New York, where you work in small theaters to get to Broadway.
A road network, originally developed as a feeder system to the railway, has become the principal transport carrier.
The N.B.A. created the "D-League" two years ago as a feeder system for players, coaches and administrators, with eight teams dotting the Southeast.
Naturally, the N.F.L. owners want to keep their feeder system strong, especially because it is such an excellent, cost-free way to develop players.
