Yeah it ' s only for new players . Once you ' re drafted you can sign or refuse the contract offered by the team who drafted you if you refuse , you go back to college for a year and hope a different team drafts you next year . Once you ' re signed though , that team owns your contract and you play for them unless they trade you in baseball , contracts can have a no trade clause where the player can refuse to be traded to specific teams , in not sure what other sports do this though , if any . Once your contract is up , you don ' t get redrafted at that point you ' re a free agent and any team can offer you a contract and you are free to accept whichever one tickles your fancy the most . <| sep |> why ' d you go all nuts though ?