The reserve system in professional sports restricts movement by giving teams control over what?

• A. Salary bonuses
• B. Player rights
• C. Travel schedules
• D. Endorsement deals

Answer: (B)

The reserve system centers on who controls a player's professional services. By binding the player to a team through contractual rights, the team holds the rights to that player’s services for a period and can decide whether to renew, trade, or keep them. This effectively limits the player's ability to move to another team without the current team's consent. So the restriction on movement comes from the team controlling the player’s rights. Options like salary bonuses, travel schedules, or endorsements don’t determine which team a player can join, so they don’t address movement in the same way.