Possible Clues:

• Twice ten in the morning and in principle
• Generally accepted truth of a team award
• A team should be given award - that goes without saying
• Man given a vote first - Maxim
• Truism - proverb
• Accepted general truth or principle
• So one may assume that it's ten ten in the morning
• Man giving a vote precedence as fundamental principle
• An accepted truth or principle
• Basic assumption