9  By  virtue  of  the  assignment  of  Flood's  eontract  by  St.  Louis  to  Philadelphia  and
the  exercise  by  Philadelphia  of  its  option  to  renew.
10  Rule   15,   Major   League   and   Professional    BasebaU   Rules.
11  Before  a  player  may  be  unconditionally  released  and  his  contract  terminated  he-
must  be  placed  on  waivers  making  his  contract  available  to  every  other  major  league-
club.   Major  League  Rule  S.    See   also,    Uniform   Player   Contract,    paragrapli    7.
12  Modifications  of  and  alternatives  to  the  present  reserve  system  suggested  by  plain-
tiff include:  (a)  independent  competitive  leagues:  (b)  limitation  of  club  control  over
a  player  to  a  fixed  term  of  years:  (c)  permitting  a  player  to  become  a  free  agent
after  an  option  period;  (d)  trade  veto  for  veteran  players;  (e)  minimum  salary
progression:  (f)  reduction  in  the  number  of  reserved  players;  (g)  salary  arbitration.
Consideration  was  given  them  both  individually  and  in  combination.  Various  refine-
ments were  advanced  to  meet  certain  objections  raised  as  to  proposals  (b)  and  (c).
including  a  right  of  first  refusal  given  to  the  player's  club  to  match  any  offer  obtained
by  the  player,  a  restriction  of  negotiations  to  only  clubs  in  the  other  league  and  then
onlv  in  the  off-season,  and/or  a  more  equalized  division  of  baseball  revenues  among
clubs.    See   Tr.    221-22,   2.35,   237-38,   247,    255-58,    1906-67,    1981-84,    1985-80,    2020-23.
