The Designated Player Rule, also known as the Beckham rule, is the name used for a rule change in the Major League Soccer's salary cap regulations, implemented for the 2007 season. The rule will allow each of the MLS franchises to sign one player that would be considered outside of the teams' salary cap, estimated to be around US$1.9 million ^[1] in 2006 (the amount will be raised for the 2007 season), allowing U.S. teams to compete in the International soccer market for star players. $400,000 would be initially charged to the salary cap, with any remaining salary toward the player being imposed on the individual owner. There are a few players who currently have a salary exceeding $400,000. According to the rule, they will be grandfathered in for the 2007 season. After that, either they would be considered a designated player, or their contract would need to be renegotiated. Major League Soccer (MLS) is the top soccer league in the United States in the American Soccer Pyramid. ... In sports, a salary cap (often called a wage cap in the United Kingdom) is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries, either as a per-player limit or a total limit for the teams roster (or both). ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ...

There will initially be one designated player slot available to each team in the league. A team can trade their designated player slot; however, no team can have more than two. If a team uses both of their slots, $325,000 will be counted towards the salary cap for the second player.

The rule is informally named after soccer star David Beckham, after he had suggested that he would consider playing in the United States after his contract with Real Madrid ends.^[2] Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which was ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. The club, which went in place of the Spanish FA, was also one of the founding members of FIFA. They play...

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References

1. ^ Palencia Has Richest MLS Salary - Steven Goff, Washington Post, April 27, 2006
2. ^ Becks could be the next American idol - Pete Lansley, The Telegraph, April 13, 2006

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External links

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