• Players are prohibited from wearing hats in meeting rooms, a rule inspired by simple old-school etiquette and manners.

• The computers and phones have been removed from the locker room area, limiting potential distractions in the work place.

• No longer will players have a hotel room to themselves during the monthlong training camp, as each has been assigned a roommate to foster team unity.

• The locker room has been reconstructed. Dividers have been removed to make the area a wide-open space, allowing for less cliques among groups of players.

• A montage of great Dolphins players has been added to the walls of a hallway leading into the locker room, an effort to inspire players by displaying the team's treasured past.

"He came to me this morning and he's going to go back and be a student assistant coach at Clemson," Cameron said. "He's a wonderful young man and we don't feel like he's running out on us. He had thought about it a great deal, didn't want to waste our time and I respect him for that. He did an outstanding job while he was here."

"Of course it's a little embarrassing to myself and my family," Chambers said after the team's first training-camp practice. "But I can learn from it, and you have to move on. I'll make it into a positive."

On Friday afternoon, Ginn received the funds to pay for those purchases as he signed a five-year contract, barely skirting the noon deadline for all players to report on the first official day of training camp. Ginn received between $13.5 million to $14 million in guarantees, according two sources.

Before the morning practice of Saturday's first day of training camp the Dolphins acquired former Oakland Raiders tight end Courtney Anderson off waivers. They also cut safety David Lofton, son of Hall of Fame receiver receiver James Lofton, to make room for him.

As the lone black player on his Long Beach (Calif.) Poly High School volleyball team, Dolphins undrafted rookie receiver David Sutton was subject to racial taunts at visiting gymnasiums. It was so hurtful, that he ignored a potential volleyball scholarship to Penn State and decided to give football a try in junior college.

Sutton bounced from Lincoln (Mo.) University to Compton (Calif.) Community College before ending up at Texas-El Paso, where he barely played for coach Mike Price. In two seasons, the 6-foot-6, 222-pound Sutton had just six catches for 30 yards with one touchdown.

Unfortunately, Green didn't have rookie receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to throw to as the Ohio State speedster continues to test the edict of owner H. Wayne Huizenga by holding out. However, Dolphins coach Cam Cameron made it clear that he won't consider Ginn a holdout until Friday when veterans must report. So that gives the ultimatum-issuing owner an escape route. I expect Ginn to sign before Friday but every session he misses gives another receiver a chance to squeeze him out of the receiver rotation. Cameron only seems concerned with Ginn's ability to return kicks anyhow. ...

Late Monday, the Dolphins placed CB Andre' Goodman (shoulder) and T Joe Toledo (foot) on the team’s Active/Physically Unable to Perform list and placed Soi (wrist) on the club’s Active/Non-Football Injury list.

... the team signed defensive tackle Brian Soi as an undrafted college free agent. The 22-year-old Soi was eligible for the July 12 NFL supplemental draft but was not selected. ...

The 6-3, 315-pound Soi (pronounced SOY) played one year at Utah State (2005). That season, he participated in all 11 games and recorded 31 tackles, 7.5 stops for loss, 4.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked kick. Prior to that, he was a two-time all-state selection at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah. He was born on May 3, 1985 in American Samoa.

On Saturday, the team and sixth-round pick Drew Mormino agreed to terms on a four-year deal, according to Mormino's agent, Dave Butz. Butz declined to comment on details of the deal, but said Mormino, an offensive lineman out of Central Michigan, would "most definitely" be at training camp today.

"Immediately, there was an opportunity to trade," Cameron said at Orangebrook Country Club. "Then for a variety of reasons, the trade did not take place. The trade process drew the whole thing out. Ultimately, the trade was not able to get done, and we moved in a different direction." ...

"Right away, after we talked with Daunte and alerted to him that he would not be the quarterback, we had a discussion and said we want to work together [on a trade]," Cameron said.

''It's over. He's been fined and it's over,'' Cameron said. ``I think he's learned from it. I think that's how you approach things. You're going to have issues with personnel. It could be coaching personnel, organizational personnel or players. When those things happen, one of the most important things is, how does the individual handle the adversity?''

In March, team owner H. Wayne Huizenga said he wanted to set a tone by having all rookies signed by training camp. With rookies scheduled to report to training camp Sunday, three of the 10 draftees remain unsigned. Satele agreed to a four-year contract that includes $1,225,000 guaranteed and $1.6 million in base pay.

"As I was going through this process I heard about a quote by Gandhi that best expresses my thoughts about this victory: 'First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win,'" Culpepper, who serves as his own agent, said in an e-mail. "Now that I have won my freedom and I get to choose my next team, I am just like many other people who have to go out and find employment so that I can take care of my family."

Chambers, 28, was arrested by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police around 2:30 a.m., several miles south of downtown, said police Capt. Lisa Goelz. He faces charges of driving while impaired, speeding, and reckless driving, she said.

4. Miami Dolphins: The Dolphins have all the makings of a team that should make a dramatic jump. Their .512 schedule should play out a little easier than expected. Technically, the Dolphins play the easiest schedule in the AFC East, and the tougher schedules played by the Patriots, Jets and Bills should drag down the overall record of their opponents. Miami's non-common opponents are the Raiders and Texans, both winnable games. Most of the Dolphins' tough games are at home. Just going off schedule adjustments, Miami could end up with a .477 schedule, which could make it one of the easiest in the AFC.

The move to get Trent Green should push the Dolphins over 20 points a game, which puts them in range for a dramatic improvement. RB Ronnie Brown should have his best year working with Cam Cameron. Despite advancing age, the Dolphins ranked No. 8 in overall defense last season. What the Dolphins can't do is get lured into thinking they've totally turned everything around. Next year, they play the AFC West and NFC West, which should make for a tough 2008 season.