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Originally Posted by Beatle17
MLB has the 10/5 rule.
Players who have accrued 10 years of Major League service time and spent the past five consecutive years with the same team are awarded 10-and-5 rights. Under these circumstances, a player can veto any trade scenario that is proposed.
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The NBA also has a rule that awards longevity and loyalty to a club. I think there are fewer than 20 players this season that actually qualify to exercise it though. Quite different than the NHL where literally hundreds of players have some kind of NMC and most teams have 20% or more of their team made up of them because they have become expected by most free agents making above league minimum.