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I would like to know what is the difference between a "player option" and an "early termination" in a player's contract. Marion has an "early termination" clause this summer for his last year.

Thx a lot.

A player option is something a player has to pick up in order to keep the contract going. An early termination clause cuts an existing contract short. They can be either a team clause, or a player clause though, and I'm not sure which one Marion's is. They are usually player early termination clause's, meaning he can opt out of his contract next summer.

Essentially, it's the same thing. It's the players decision as to whether he plays the option year/s or not. There are some minor technical differences that matter not to us fans.

You should have asked this on the 'Ask an expert" and see if it got on, Then we could have watched Leo and Chuck fumble their way through answering what FV did so well

Fairview4Life wrote:A player option is something a player has to pick up in order to keep the contract going. An early termination clause cuts an existing contract short. They can be either a team clause, or a player clause though, and I'm not sure which one Marion's is. They are usually player early termination clause's, meaning he can opt out of his contract next summer.

There's no such thing as a team's right to exercise an ETO. The ETO is always the player's decision.

Sham wrote:There's no such thing as a team's right to exercise an ETO. The ETO is always the player's decision.

True. I lumped team options into the early termination clause.

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#50

Anyway, there's the link that answers everything in stupid detail.