{"id":68878,"date":"2026-03-13T07:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/call-it-the-rodman-rule-or-hip-the-nwsls-new-initiative-is-already-impacting-rosters\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:54:54","slug":"call-it-the-rodman-rule-or-hip-the-nwsls-new-initiative-is-already-impacting-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/call-it-the-rodman-rule-or-hip-the-nwsls-new-initiative-is-already-impacting-rosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Call it the Rodman Rule or HIP, the NWSL\u2019s new initiative is already impacting rosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rule made famous by Trinity Rodman\u2019s offseason transfer saga had actually been in the works for years. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, a rule\u2019s official name is superceded by the player who seemingly inspired it. But sometimes, the origin story is a bit more nuanced.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to its initial prevailing narrative, the NWSL says it didn\u2019t rush to create the High Impact Player rule (HIP) in reaction to the Washington Spirit\u2019s efforts to sign Trinity Rodman. Stephanie Lee, the league\u2019s vice-president of player affairs, said the league began looking at how it could keep pace with the growing women\u2019s soccer market in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/13\/call-it-the-rodman-rule-or-hip-the-nwsls-new-initiative-is-already-impacting-rosters\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rule made famous by Trinity Rodman\u2019s offseason transfer saga had actually been in the works for years. Sometimes, a rule\u2019s official name is superceded by the player who seemingly inspired it. But sometimes, the origin story is a bit more nuanced. Contrary to its initial prevailing narrative, the NWSL says it didn\u2019t rush to &#8230; <a title=\"Call it the Rodman Rule or HIP, the NWSL\u2019s new initiative is already impacting rosters\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/call-it-the-rodman-rule-or-hip-the-nwsls-new-initiative-is-already-impacting-rosters\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Call it the Rodman Rule or HIP, the NWSL\u2019s new initiative is already impacting rosters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}