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Message: [QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4307286, member: 8683"] Applies to players with 3 or more years of service. Does not apply to players participating for national teams with allowance for leaving up to two weeks before the start of their tournament/competitive games and they have 48 hours after their last game to report to their team again. Fines and suspensions are league imposed and mandatory so teams cannot do anything to keep their players from being affected. 2023 rules: Fine of 1% of salary for every day of training camp missed due to playing obligations elsewhere, including fines assessed on players who are not under contract at the start of training camp, but sign later. There were about 60 players this year who this would apply to with half of them under contract at the time. Players who have playing obligations elsewhere on the opening day of the season will be suspended for the entire season or not be able to sign with any team if they are not under contract. 2024 rules: Players with playing obligations elsewhere on May 1st (or opening day of training camp if that is later) will be suspended for the entire season or not be able to sign with any team if they are not under contract. Using this season's data as an example again, that would have resulted in suspensions for 16 players and ineligibility to sign this season for at 17 players, not including Erika De Souza and Erin Phillips who are listed on overseas team rosters right now, but have not played, although no WNBA team would be looking to sign either. There should be some expectation that some leagues overseas will slightly tweak their schedules a bit to at least prevent players from being suspended. [/QUOTE]

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