Validity of SPA. No compensation of any kind shall be owed to any Player (whether under a Guaranteed or other type of contract) with respect to the period of any strike or lockout, but a strike or lockout will not void or otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of an SPA after the conclusion of a work stoppage. During a work stoppage, a Player may obtain employment as a professional soccer player outside MLS, but any contract with such other club employing the Player during an MLS work stoppage must provide that the Player shall return to MLS after the conclusion of the work stoppage if his SPA’s term has not expired. MLS shall have no remedy against the Union for a Player’s breach of this provision.
Validity of SPA. No compensation of any kind shall be owed to any Player 520 (whether under a Guaranteed or other type of contract) with respect to the period of any 521 strike or lockout, but a strike or lockout will not void or otherwise affect the validity or 522 enforceability of an SPA. During a lockout (but not a strike), a Player may obtain 523 employment as a professional soccer player outside the League, solely through a loan 524 from his Club. While a Club’s acceptance of such a loan arrangement shall not be 525 unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, a Club may condition its acceptance of 526 any loan agreement upon its ability to recall the Player immediately upon conclusion of 527 the work stoppage if his SPA’s term has not expired. The parties also expressly 528 acknowledge that it would be reasonable for a Club to decline to approve such a loan 529 arrangement if the club receiving the Player on loan is not wholly responsible for any 530 medical or related costs associated with any injury sustained (in whole or in part) during 531 the Player’s time on loan. The League Parties shall have no remedy against the USLPA 532 for a Player’s breach of this provision.
