NWSL gets rid of ‘Rodman Rule’ criteria in settlement with players’ union: What you need to know

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The National Women’s Soccer League will no longer require players to meet a specific commercial or sporting criteria to qualify for the High Impact Player rule (HIP), which allows teams to use $1 million more than the team salary cap on player contracts. The change is part of a wide-ranging settlement reached between the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association that resolves six outstanding grievances, including the implementation of the HIP rule, league commissioner Jessica Berman’s rejection of a