Section 03 · Reserve Clause
The argument, on a smaller scale
1975, the reserve clause, and why any of this is familiar. 2 pieces.
- 03.01In 1975 an arbitrator ended the reserve clauseBaseball's arbitration is the same argument at full scale: what a club may keep, for how long, and what it owes for the privilege.Long
- 03.02Why any of this is familiarFranchise tags, options and rookie-scale contracts are all charges for keeping somebody, and a keeper league reinvents each of them.Medium
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