Brice-Cédric Charbonneau MNA @CédricCharbonneau • 5d
Say what you want about Argentin clauses, but Argentin clauses in sports contracts means DIGNITY for players. Aside from being a labour issue, it's a human rights issue. Athletes and sportspeople should not be bought, sold, or traded like slaves in a market.
#BringBackArgentin
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Fédération royale saintongeaise de Hockey sur Glace @Saintonge_Hockey • 3d
Replying to @CédricCharbonneau
The Royal Santonian Ice Hockey Federation is happy to support the reinstatement of Argentin clauses in ice hockey player's contracts. #BringBackArgentin
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Fédération saintongeaise de volley-ball @FSVB • 3d
Replying to @CédricCharbonneau
Count us in. #BringBackArgentin
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Fédération saintongeaise de main d'oeuf @Saintonge_Handegg • 2d
Replying to @CédricCharbonneau
Our federation is proud that all of the handegg teams in our professional divisions maintained the opt-out system for Argentin clauses in all their player contracts. We fought for it in court, and we won. Our teams and our players won. #BringBackArgentin
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Fédération saintongeaise de basketball @FSBB • 1d
Replying to @CédricCharbonneau
The Santonian Basketball Federation has resolved to reinstate Argentin clauses for all its future contracts and retroactively offer them to players that weren't given the opportunity to decide. #BringBackArgentin
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OOC Worldbuilding note: In Saintonge, the
Argentin clause is the shorthand term for a
no-trade clause in professional team sports. A no-trade clause means a player cannot be bought, sold, or traded to another team without the player's consent. It was called such after Santonian Minister of Culture & Sports Marc-Jonathan Argentin (National) pushed a law in 1986 that would put in no-trade clauses by default on all professional sports contracts. Players and their teams may mutually agree
not to have the no-trade clause in the contract, making Argentin clauses an opt-out system. Previously no-trade clauses were add-ons negotiated by the player with the prospective team, but in many sports, only rarely would teams allow a no-trade clause.
Supporters say that Argentin clauses protect the labour rights of professional sports players, are less disruptive to the player's family and social lives, and instill loyalty among the team, the players, and the fans. Opponents of Argentin clauses say that ever since the law was passed, Santonian sports had become 'sclerotic' and 'less exciting', with trades being less common. It also drove down the salaries of players, as teams do not want to be stuck with an possibly underperforming player, and players who opt-out of Argentin clauses are typically given higher pay.
The 1986
Loi Argentin law governing these no-trade clauses was repealed by the previous coalition government in 2017, leading to a proliferation of contracts without no-trade clauses in Santonian sports, notably in football, basketball, and baseball.
Handegg was the only sport that retained the provisions of
Loi Argentin in its bylaws, which led to a lawsuit by the then Minister of Culture & Sports Rachel Bordier-Nadège (Liberal) against the
Fédération saintongeaise de main d'oeuf in 2017. The Federation won the lawsuit. Some of the provisions of
Loi Argentin were retained by the Santonian volleyball, ice hockey, and rugby federations. Currently an almost exact copy of
Loi Argentin is pending before the Santonian National Assembly.
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