def _parse_team_abbreviation(self, stats):
team_tag = stats(PLAYER_SCHEME['<STR_LIT>'])<EOL>team = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', str(team_tag('<STR_LIT:a>')))<EOL>team = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', team)<EOL>return team<EOL>
Parse the team abbreviation.

The team abbreviation is embedded within the team name tag and should
be special-parsed to extract it.

Parameters
----------
stats : PyQuery object
    A PyQuery object containing the HTML from the player's stats page.

Returns
-------
string
    Returns a string of the team's abbreviation, such as 'PURDUE' for
    the Purdue Boilermakers.