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He added that a "backstop" law to limit profits was "close to impossible to design and police".

“It wasn’t unanimous, but we go with the majority and a majority said you have the right to be there,” John said when we met at the backstop after batting practice before the first game.

In his letter, Theodoridis told Nandy that "the concept of a backstop power introduces significant concerns regarding the balance of power within football governance".

A robust shelf-testing program is viewed by its supporters as a crucial backstop to a system that currently relies on private cannabis labs paid by producers to pass or fail their products.

For an autocrat, the support of military generals is the ultimate backstop.