APPLICANTS DISCLAIMS THE WORD "BASKETBALL" AND THE REPRESENTATIONS OF BASKETBALL APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN. IN MAKING THIS DISCLAIMER APPLICANTS, AND PARTICULARLY THE NBPA, ARE NOT DISCLAIMING AS A MARK THE COMBINATION OF A BASKETBALL, THE LETTERS NBPA WITHIN THE BASKETBALL, AND THE PHRASE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION WHICH ENCIRCLES THE BASKETBALL, AS SHOWN IN THE TRIANGULAR PORTION OF THE Y AND DESIGN.