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free agency
MLB Lockout Rules Leave Free Agency About a Month Before the Freeze
Free agents get roughly four weeks before a likely Dec. 2 lockout freezes the market. And a repeat of 2022's 99 days would leave 15 days before the earliest traditional Opening Day MLB has ever scheduled.
MLB's Luxury Tax, Explained: The $244 Million Threshold
Major League Baseball has no salary cap, just a $244 million threshold, escalating tax rates, and a Dodgers front office that's turned paying it into strategy.
NBA Bird Rights, Explained: The Rule Built for Larry Bird
A Celtics investor refused to accept a 1979 salary cap unless the team could always keep Larry Bird. The exception the league carved out still runs free agency.
How NFL Salary Cap Rollover Actually Works
Tennessee opens 2026 with $94.8 million in unused cap space; Dallas opens $56.1 million in the hole. The gap comes down to one often-misunderstood rule: carryover.