The impacts of salary caps on professional team sports

A suction device for supporting an article having a flat surface comprises a pad having a surface with a plurality of open ended chambers therein, each chamber being connected by a tube to one end of a respective opening in a plate, suction is applied to the other end of the openings in the plate and an apertured template is associated with the plate in order to close off some of the openings when the effective size of the pad is to be reduced.