<p>The <img alt="$9$" height="12" src="https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/f/2/bf2c9074b396e3af0dea52d792660eea1c77f10f.png" width="8" /> members of a baseball team went to an ice-cream parlor after their game. Each player had a single scoop cone of chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry ice cream. At least one player chose each flavor, and the number of players who chose chocolate was greater than the number of players who chose vanilla, which was greater than the number of players who chose strawberry. Let <img alt="$N$" height="12" src="https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/c/9/fc97ef67268cd4e91bacdf12b8901d7036c9a056.png" width="16" /> be the number of different assignments of flavors to players that meet these conditions. Find the remainder when <img alt="$N$" height="12" src="https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/c/9/fc97ef67268cd4e91bacdf12b8901d7036c9a056.png" width="16" /> is divided by <img alt="$1000.$" height="13" src="https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/b/4/6b434ebc2071e706df740975a3c90aad3cfa1455.png" width="39" /></p>

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The $9$ members of a baseball team went to an ice-cream parlor after their game. Each player had a single scoop cone of chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry ice cream. At least one player chose each flavor, and the number of players who chose chocolate was greater than the number of players who chose vanilla, which was greater than the number of players who chose strawberry. Let $N$ be the number of different assignments of flavors to players that meet these conditions. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000.$

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