Reserve clause
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reserve-clause-205-4690048
title:
Reserve clause
text:
The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated that the rights to players were retained by the team upon the contract's expiration. Players under these contracts were not free to enter into another contract with another team. Once signed to a contract, players could, at the team's discretion, be reassigned, traded, sold, or released. The only negotiating leverage of most players was to hold out at contract time and to refuse to play unless t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Legal stipulation limiting sports personnel trade options
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_clause
date created:
2004-07-07T20:16:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:35:57Z
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