NMC NTC in other sports than hockey

[sawchuk1971]

I follow MLB baseball and I don't hear NMCs and NTCs in baseball.

It seems I hear those terms only in the NHL.

Is there any NMCs and NTCs in other sport leagues? MLS, NFL, NBA etc..

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[StreetHawk]

I follow MLB baseball and I don't hear NMCs and NTCs in baseball.

It seems I hear those terms only in the NHL.

Is there any NMCs and NTCs in other sport leagues? MLS, NFL, NBA etc..

MLB, there is something about a tenured veteran isn't there?. 7 years in the MLB and 4 with current club automatically grants them a NTC or something along those lines? Would expect the elite ones like Ohtani, Harper, etc. to have a NTC. Even MLB's 25 man roster probably has fewer full NTC than the NHL does, I would guess.

NBA has NTC. Players have a lot of power, so they aren't in a position to get moved to somewhere they don't want to be.

NFL, only a handful of players get those. And that's just a few QBs.

 

[oknazevad]

The rules in baseball are that players are under full team control for the first three years—that is the team tenders them a unilateral take-it-or-leave-it one-year contract, or they can non-tender a player and release them as a free agent. The player could ask for more, but the team is under no obligation to negotiate. For the fourth through sixth year, the player and team negotiate salary for the next year, and if they can't agree it goes to binding arbitration. After six years, a player is a free agent and can sign with any team. At any point the team and player can choose to sign a longer-term deal, giving up not only arbitration rights but even delaying free agency if they are so willing.

It's this sports of extensions or free-agent deals that may include no-trade clauses.

But as mentioned above (albeit with incorrect numbers) any player that has at least 10 years of total service time and 5 years with their current team has an automatic no-trade clause, known as 5 & 10 rights. As baseball has moved towards younger rosters (the thinking being that a call up under full team control is a lot cheaper than a veteran free agent) and less willing to sign longer term deals for free agents, those rights are a lot less common. It's rare for someone to be with a team that many seasons with that much experience.