reserve clause
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- noun
- /rɪˈzɜrv klɔz/
- Archaic
:
cláusula de reserva
- There indeed used to be a much bigger connection between players and fans than today, when the reserve clause unfairly gave ownership complete control over a player's career. But unfair as it was, it also formed that unique connection between certain players and fans that is almost unheard of today.
- the reserve clause in baseball
- reserve clause that bound players
Examples
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Flood, who felt that the reserve clause violated U.S. antitrust laws, sued then Commissioner of Baseball, Bowie Kuhn.
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The reserve clause controversy intensified in the late 1960s.
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After a brief discussion of the evolution of the reserve clause and free agency in the next section, the model is subsequently described.
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Minor league players as well as major league players were (and still are) covered by this reserve clause.
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In 1879, the team owners agreed to a "reserve rule" which is now commonly referred to as the reserve clause.
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The reserve clause stated that once a player signed a contract, he lost his free agent status and thus became tied to the team that signed him indefinitely.
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The Curt Food reserve clause ended a core group of players as we are now in a revolving door of FA and salary trade dumps.
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Hollins entered the league at a crucial time, just a decade after stars like Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Bob Cousy, and Jerry West had fought the reserve clause and for the right of players to explore the free market.
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Hard to keep track of that many players, and with the demise of the reserve clause (a standard part of MLB contracts that bound players to their teams in perpetuity, unless traded) in 1975, players jump around a lot more.
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The reserve clause in baseball contracts allowed teams to extend an athlete's contract for another year after it expired.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally analyzable — 'reserve' (to set aside or hold back) plus 'clause' (a contractual provision) signals a contractual provision that reserves a right — so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer it is a clause that reserves something. However, the specific, technical meaning in sports law (the power to unilaterally extend a player's contract and bind the athlete) is specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so the MWE is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Reserve clause comes from teams 'reserving' a player by adding a written clause to a contract, like putting the player on a reserve list so they could not sign elsewhere. So the reserve clause meant the team could add one more year to the contract and keep the player with the team.