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Netball Australia chief executive Kate Palmer says the continued delay over a new collective bargaining agreement is a necessary evil to ensure the sport can compete in an increasingly crowded womens market.A new eight-team Australian netball competition will launch next year and while clubs can approach and negotiate with players, signings cant be announced until the CBA is finalised.It was initially hoped the agreement would be ratified shortly after the trans-Tasman grand final.However talks between the clubs and the Australian Netball Players Association (ANPA) are ongoing nearly three weeks later.I wouldnt say its frustrating. Its one of the most critical pieces in the puzzle, Palmer said on Wednesday.We can have all sorts of other agreements in place but unless we get the athletes piece right, they wont be happy and we wont be happy.They make the league, we need them to be well-supported. Its an opportunity to get it right.Palmer said she was confident the CBA would be finished very, very soon but would not give a definitive date.AAP understands it may take another two weeks.Palmer said Netball Australia and the ANPA were united in their desire to see Australian netballers become full-time professionals - if not immediately, then at some point soon.We both want that but were a little way off, she said.Wed love to be able to pay them full-time, wed love them to earn what an AFL player earns and thats a dream well reach one day.If were going to be competitive in womens sport thats something we need to offer.Its how you get the start right and theres a lot of people at the table trying to make that work.Noeline Taurua, the inaugural coach of new franchise Sunshine Coast Lightning, said the wait wasnt hampering her recruitment efforts.It is what it is. The good thing is everyones in the same boat, she said. Nike Air Max Thea Goedkoop . 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MIAMI -- With one swing, Freddy Galvis ended the Philadelphia Phillies scoring drought. Soon their losing streak was over, too.Galvis hit a two-run homer to snap a streak of 18 consecutive scoreless innings for the Phillies, who stopped a six-game slide with a 6-2 victory over the fading Miami Marlins on Monday.Im just happy to get a couple of runs, Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said.The Phillies run total was their highest since Aug. 14. They rank last in the majors in runs, and managed only 11 while going 0-6 during a homestand last week.Everything was going weird when we were back home, Galvis said. Wed get men on base and we didnt drive them home. This win is going to be good for us.Now its the Marlins who are desperate for a victory. Theyve lost four in a row and are 11-22 since Aug. 1, with their thin depth an issue as injuries mount.We knew that we were going to be challenged depth-wise, manager Don Mattingly said. We needed a little bit of luck and everything to fall in its slots. In the past month and a half, it has probably fallen the wrong way, and it has put us in a bind.Miami fell two games below .500 for the first time since April 27 and could be headed for a seventh consecutive losing season.Philadelphias Jerad Eickhoff (10-13) allowed the first two batters to score and then settled down to pitch six innings. The Phillies have won five of his past six starts, and he overcame a 2-8 start to reach the 10-win mark for the first time.Anytime you get double-digit wins, its a huge testament to what we as pitchers try to do, Eickhoff said.Eickhoff and three relievers combined to retire the final 15 Marlins in order.Jake Esch (0-1) allowed three runs in five innings in his second major league start.Its a positive step iin the right direction for me personally, Esch said.dddddddddddd But it ended up as a loss for the Fish again. So I have to be a little bit better.The Phillies managed only one hit off Esch until the fifth, when they scored three runs. Galvis upper-deck homer made it 2-all, and Peter Bourjos tripled and came home when shortstop Miguel Rojas mishandled a one-out grounder for an error.Bourjos had three hits and scored twice. Jimmy Paredes had a pinch-hit, two-run single in the seventh.The Marlins mustered only six hits. They havent homered at home since slugger Giancarlo Stanton went on the disabled list Aug. 14 with a strained groin.GALVIS POWERGalvis has 16 homers, but his on-base percentage is only .270.We want better than that, Mackanin said of the latter stat. Its nice hes capable of hitting the long ball, but I want him to be more of a line-drive hitter. Consistency and quality at-bats are what were looking for.POOR COMMANDMarlins right-hander Austin Brice made two throwing errors -- one to first base and one to second -- in the Phillies three-run seventh.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: RF Stanton might be available to pinch-hit soon, Mattingly said. Hes moving pretty good, Mattingly said. Hes feeling good. He has been able to swing the bat. Its just a matter of what he can do, and how safely he can do it. ... 1B Justin Bour (right ankle) might be activated Tuesday, Mattingly said. ... Rojas left with a left groin strain, and his status is day to day.UP NEXTMarlins RHP Jose Urena (3-5, 5.40 ERA) faces Phillies LHP Adam Morgan (1-9, 6.21 ERA) on Tuesday. Over his past three starts, Urena is 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA. ' ' '