No-trade clause

No-trade clause

A no-trade clause is an amendment to a contract, usually relevant in American professional sports, wherein a player may not be traded to another club. Sometimes this clause is implemented by the club itself, but the vast majority are requested by the athlete and his or her sports agent. In many cases, these no-trade clauses are limited, where a club may be limited to trading the athlete only at certain times, or only to a certain team or geographical area. Often they are waived by the player themselves, usually in order to play for a contending team. In one dramatic case in 2001, Tampa Bay Devil Rays first baseman Fred McGriff mulled over waiving his rights for nearly a month before ultimately accepting a deal which sent him to the Chicago Cubs. [ [http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0710/1224578.html "McGriff deal in 'holding pattern'"] espn.com] In 2007, Kobe Bryant was willing to waive his own rights with the Los Angeles Lakers in order to be dealt to either the Phoenix Suns or the Chicago Bulls, but in this case Bryant's own pickiness as far as where he would like to play limited the Lakers' ability to move him and eventually no trade was made at all. [Marc Stein. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=KobeTradeRequest-070530 "Kobe's trade request raises big questions. Here are some answers"] ESPN.com 2007-05-07]

No-trade clauses are found in most sports, including Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, and some minor leagues around the country. Many European leagues, mostly professional futbol and basketball, also implement these contract amendments.

Each league usually has its own rules regarding these clauses; for example in the NBA, because of the agreement with the minor-league CBA, no-trade clauses can only be negotiated into contracts when a player has four years of service for the team he's signing the contract with. [Tom Ziller. [http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/05/30/how-kobes-no-trade-clause-affects-things/ "How Kobe's No-Trade Clause Affects Things"] aol.com 2007-05-30] Other leagues have other varying rules, for example in MLB the "Ten and Five" rule gives most every player limited control on his tradability once he meets the ten and five criteria, which means the player has played in the league ten seasons and with the current team for at least five. In the NHL, these rights have been blamed for the lack of trades that have been pulled off in recent years, with critics citing examples where "done deals" were blown up by "selfish players."Fact|date=May 2008

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