A new soccer generation has now arrived, and the league is keeping salaries at an artificial low level.

They are just using me as an example to keep salaries down.

This perhaps indicates the league's willingness to see just what free agency really does mean, while attempting to keep salaries at their former levels.

Howard tells me it's his job to keep salaries down.

Fortunately, most of us never find out because competition among employers keeps salaries above our personal breaking points.

Which, of course, is the point: The owners have a way of keeping salaries down working within the system.

He negotiates in the owner's place, scoring points with his superior if he can keep salaries down.

It would also keep real salaries in line with productivity.

Microsoft recognized early on that options allowed it to attract talented employees and keep salaries in check.

"It has to do with keeping salaries down," Quinn said.