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Originally Posted by MrMarcello
Huh? MLB and NBA have fully guaranteed contracts, the NHL did and might still, and the NFL players often receive bonus money in exchange for not fully guaranteed contracts, while all of the big four have free agency, salary minimums are in the low-to-mid six figures, and the clubs (not the league) dictate player movement. Big name players have no-trade clauses in their contracts and each league has rules for 5-and-10/veterans of a certain number of years having the right to refuse trades.
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Huh? Aside from the guaranteed contracts, which most MLS players have except the lowest rung, MLS also has free agency. When you're contract is up, your free to go whereever.
Salary minimums are being negotiated and were necessarily low to begin the league from nothing.
Big name players in other leagues have no trade clauses because their agents negotiate them. Has nothing to do with the leagues.
Refusing trades is something the players bargained for over a period of time. MLS is new, when the league is stronger and they have the power, they can ask for it.
Personally, I think the European way of doing things is a bit horseshit. Contracts mean nothing. You may as well pay them on a weekly basis with no contract at all.