contract year
Final season motivation
A contract year is the final year of an athlete's contract before they become eligible for a new deal or free agency.
Players in a contract year often perform at their peak, motivated by the prospect of a lucrative new contract: He's having a career year—must be a contract year.
The term sometimes extends beyond sports to describe anyone whose performance improves when their job security is on the line.
- expiringCeasing to be valid
- free agentUnsigned professional seeking employment
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- free agencyAthlete unbound by contract
- trade deadlineLast date for exchanges
negotiation · front office · performance · bonus · incentive · signing · extension · player option · arbitration · leverage · motivation · salary · market value · prove · earn · statistics · agent · roster
- years
contract yearcontract extension
Lengthening an existing agreement
franchise tag · rookie contract · locked up · under contract · supermax
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