franchise player

franchise player
franchise player noun
An American football player paid at a premium rate and not eligible to be signed by other teams
• • •
Main Entry:franchise

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Franchise player — is a modern term used in sports to describe an athlete who is not simply the best player on their team, but a player that the team can build their franchise around for the foreseeable future. The misnomer that a franchise player is only the best… …   Wikipedia

  • Franchise player — Le terme de franchise player désigne dans le sport professionnel nord américain un joueur qui est l emblème du club[1]. Les franchise players ont pour caractéristiques générales: D être titulaires de contrats pluri annuels leur garantissant un… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Franchise — generally means a right or privilege. It may refer to:*Suffrage, the civil right to vote *Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as: **Chain store, retail outlets which share a… …   Wikipedia

  • Franchise tag — Every year each National Football League team is allowed to designate a player who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent as a franchise player. This designation is applied to a player through the use of the franchise tag. Each team… …   Wikipedia

  • Franchise — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Franchise », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) « Franchise », sur Wikiquote… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • franchise — [fran′chīz΄] n. [ME < OFr < franc, free: see FRANK1] 1. Archaic freedom from some restriction, servitude, etc. 2. any special right, privilege, or exemption granted by the government, as to be a corporation, operate a public utility, etc. 3 …   English World dictionary

  • franchise — franchisable, adj. franchisability, n. franchisement /fran chuyz meuhnt, chiz /, n. /fran chuyz/, n., v., franchised, franchising. n. 1. a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to… …   Universalium

  • BC Lions' franchise history — This is the franchise history of the BC Lions.The 1950sIn 1951, a group led by Ken Stauffer and Tiny Radar were inspired by Vancouver Sun columnist Andy Lyle s article to start a football team in Vancouver (an early team known as the Vancouver… …   Wikipedia

  • Wing Commander (franchise) — Wing Commander Genres Space flight simulator Developers Origin Systems, Inc. First release Wing Commander 1990[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Icon player — Indian Premier League  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Indian Cricket League. Indian Premier League Création 2008 Organisateur(s) BCCI Péri …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”