The rules, introduced by the Football League in 2004, then by the Premier League after years of resisting and claiming they would be unworkable, were designed precisely to stop fraudsters taking over clubs, beloved sporting institutions to which fans pledge loyalty for life.
Despite their stereotypical "queerness", The Daily Cardinal reported in 1930 that a majority of Experimental College students participated in sport, and that a number joined intramural teams, pledged for Greek life, and joined campus clubs.
The city has eliminated a third of its departments and scrapped a jobs-for-life pledge for newly hired bureaucrats; and through Ma Hong's office, it is trying to outsource work to NGOs.
During one very popular Indian festival, Rakhi, brothers pledge to protect their sisters for life.
Lorin Maazel, its music director for life, has pledged to dedicate himself to the orchestra once he retires from the New York Philharmonic after the 2008-9 season.
SANA, Yemen — In another reverberation of the popular anger rocking the region, the longtime president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, announced concessions on Wednesday that included suspending his campaign for constitutional changes that would allow him to remain president for life and pledging that his son would not seek to be his successor.
But the protesters say the government's pledge to seek life sentences for the attackers is not enough - many are calling for the death penalty.
But for now, let's just pledge to prioritize life over video.
As an active C.I.A. officer, Kiriakou had signed nine nondisclosure agreements pledging to keep the agency's secrets for life.
Cameron pledges good life for all (Daily Mail); I'll bring back the sunshine and the good life (Daily Express); Cam in good life promise (Daily Star); "Family guy Cameron promises to deliver the 'good life' to all" (Metro).
Later she, too, pledged to stay single so she could remain by his side for life, and was at his bedside when he died.
