0x00982708 is the address of a two pointer structure the first pointer is to do with sprites and the second pointer is to do with var_6E (possibly action modifier)

The sprite pointer is a structure of a dword base g1_offset and a pointer to a frame/sprite relationship array.

The frame/sprite relationship array is composed of bytes and is the form of total_no_of_frames, frame_1 offset, ... fram_n offset, 0xFF.