Rookie definition

Rookie means a person who has never before signed a Player Contract with an NFL Club. The first Player Contract signed by such person is a “Rookie Contract.”
Rookie means a person who has never signed a Player Contract with an NBA Team.
Rookie or “Rookie Player” means a person eligible to be a WNBA player pursuant to Article XIII Section 1, who has never signed a Player Contract with a WNBA Team.

Examples of Rookie in a sentence

  • Where a player is delisted from an AFL Club’s Primary or Rookie List and is drafted or Rookie Listed by another AFL Club for the following AFL season he shall be regarded as having continuous AFL registration.

  • In Rookie and Class D series, the first request for a tow during the race will be of a slightly shorter duration than a regular tow, and the driver's car will be fully repaired and restored by the tow.

  • The Fifth-Year Option shall be deemed a part of every Rookie Contract of a player selected in the first round by virtue of this Agreement and may not be separately attached to such Rookie Contract.

  • An AFL Rookie Listed Player shall remain a registered player of the Club from which he was recruited until such time as he is registered as an AFL Primary Listed Player.

  • For the purposes of these Regulations an AFL Primary Listed Player demoted to a Rookie List shall continue to be regarded as an AFL Primary Listed Player.


More Definitions of Rookie

Rookie means a hockey player who has never signed an SPC.
Rookie means a competitor competing in their first season in the NZ Formula Ford Championship; and
Rookie means a person who has never signed a Player Contract with an NBA
Rookie means a person who is a party to a Rookie Contract;
Rookie means a Player who has played less than twenty-five (25) regular season games in any ECHL/PHPA recognized professional hockey league.
Rookie means a person who has been hired at or below the entry level of the Fire-fighter salary range until he is promoted to 4th Class.
Rookie means a person who has been hired at or below the entry level of the Fire- fighter salary range until he is promoted to 4th Class.