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A '''rookie''' is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). |
A '''rookie''' is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). |
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In contrast with a [[veteran]] who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more training and learning, though they may bring a new outside expertise to a job. |
In contrast with a [[veteran]] who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more training and learning, though they may bring a new outside expertise to a job. |
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Revision as of 01:10, 26 January 2024
 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (October 2021) |
A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a rookie is a professional athlete in their first season (or year).
In contrast with a veteran who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more training and learning, though they may bring a new outside expertise to a job.
Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary states that the origins are uncertain, but that perhaps it is a corruption of the word recruit. The earliest example in the OED is from Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads (published 1892): "So 'ark an' 'eed, you rookies, which is always grumblin' sore", referring to rookies in the sense of raw recruits to the British Army.[1] At least during the beginning of the 20th century, in the British Army the term "rookie" was typically used in place of "recruit" as exemplified in Trenching at Gallipoli by John Gallishaw (New York Century Co.: 1916) and in The Amateur Army by Patrick MacGill (London, Herbert Jenkins: 1915). Perhaps the expression is derived from "rook", whereby a "rookie" would be someone who is cheated or defrauded.
Sports culture
In some sports there are traditions in which rookies must do things, or tricks are played on them. Examples in baseball include players having to dress up in very strange costumes, or getting hit in the face with a cream pie; a traditional rookie's "hazing" procedure in American football involves taping players to a goalpost and dousing them with ice water, Gatorade, and other substances.[2][3]
In Major League Baseball, the league has cracked down on hazing by enacting an Anti-Hazing and Anti-Bullying Policy which prohibits players from dressing up as the opposite sex, or wearing offensive costumes based on race, sex, nationality, age, sexual orientation, and gender identify.[4]
American football
In the National Football League a rookie is any player who is in their first season playing professional football, having never signed a contract with a professional team before.[5] The NFL awards the best rookie with the Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year Award, as voted upon the Associated Press. In the NFL, rookies have special contract rules which limit how much a team can pay them as well as limiting the length of the contract, as per stipulations laid out in the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement.[6][7]
Auto racing
NASCAR and INDYCAR rookies are denoted by a yellow stripe on sections of the car as prescribed in the respective rule books. In NASCAR, the rookie stripe is located on the tail panel of the race car.[8]
NASCAR
The following rules are for rookie status in a national series:
- Must have run no more than five (prior to 2001 in Cup and Xfinity, and in the Truck Series for age-eligible drivers), seven (2001–10, Cup and Xfinity), and have been declared to race for driver points in that series (2011–present), races in any previous season.
- In the Camping World Truck Series, a driver that is 17 at the start of the season and does not make ten starts overall is eligible in his first full season after turning 18. Truck Series drivers who are 16 and 17 may only participate in nine races during the season based on circuits.
- Drivers who compete in more than five races in a higher NASCAR-sanctioned series are not eligible for the award in a lower series if they have not declared for the higher series.
- If a driver does not start eight races before the end of Race 20 on the schedule, they will immediately become ineligible to earn rookie points for the rest of that season and starting in 2011, remained declared for that series. Drivers may change series declaration in order to avoid this.
- A driver may not receive rookie points if they start a race for a team that they did not qualify with. However, they are still eligible for championship points in that race.
INDYCAR
The following rules are for rookie status in the NTT IndyCar Series:
- Must not have participated in more than three NTT IndyCar Series races in a season.
- A veteran driver in the Indianapolis 500 may still be a Series Rookie if he has not competed in more than three series races overall.
- A driver who has never raced in the Indianapolis 500 but has made a legal season of NTT IndyCar Series races is still an Indianapolis 500 rookie in his first start.
Baseball
To qualify as a rookie in Major League Baseball (MLB), a player must not have exceeded 130 at bats or fifty innings pitched in the majors, and also fewer than 45 days on the active rosters of major league clubs (excluding time on the disabled list or any time after rosters are expanded on September 1) in their previous seasons.[9] Major League Baseball awards the best rookie with the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, as voted upon by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and first bestowed in 1947. Since 2001, MLB also issues the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Month Award.
Basketball
In the National Basketball Association, a rookie is any player who has never played a game in the NBA until that year and the past 1 years. The NBA awards the best rookie with the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, as voted upon by a selected panel of United States and Canadian sportswriters and broadcasters. In the NBA, rookies have special contract rules which limit how much a team can pay them as well as limiting the length of the contract.[10]
Ice hockey
To qualify as a rookie in the National Hockey League, a player must not have played in more than 25 NHL games in any preceding seasons, nor in six or more NHL games in each of any two preceding seasons. Any player at least 26 years of age (by September 15 of that season) is not considered a rookie.[11]
Professional Wrestling
- In professional wrestling company WWE their developmental for their rookies was Florida Championship Wrestling[12] which they were called up to new show NXT season wise where the winner won a WWE contract[13] and then WWE NXT became WWE's new developmental.[14][15][16]
In December 15, 2016 WWE invented another rookie developmental but this time it resided overseas in the UK called NXT United Kingdom but on September 4, 2022 the United Kingdom proportion of the developmental became deactivated.[17]
WWE's female version of a rookie show went by the name of the WWE Diva Search,[18] Christy Hemme became the second season winner.[19] As a rookie she tried to take on Trish Stratus at WrestleMania 21 for the WWE Women's Championship but was not successful.[20]
- In professional wrestling company TNA Wrestling TNA Gut Check is a show that represents TNA rookies.[21][22] TNA Wrestling's United Kingdom version of rookies seeking to have a TNA contract goes by the name of TNA British Boot Camp.[23] British Boot Camp's inaugural winner was Rockstar Spud[24] and second winner was Mark Andrews.
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- In professional wrestling company Ring of Honor (ROH) their rookies are trained in the ROH Dojo[25] and are featured in things such as Future of Honor[26] and Proving Ground Matches.[27]
- All three professional wrestling companies WWE, TNA Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH) accept all rookie talents from all locations and continents of the world, not just one.
Soccer
In Major League Soccer, a rookie is a player who has had no prior professional experience.[28][29] MLS awards the best rookie with the MLS Rookie of the Year Award.
See also
- Rookie of the Year (award) – an award given to an athlete following the first year of full competition, for more impressive performance and/or better results than all other rookies that season.
- Freshman
- Novice
References
- ^ John Simpson and Edmund Weiner (editors): Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 0-19-861186-2.
- ^ Martinez, Jose (August 8, 2013). "The Most Humiliating NFL Rookie Hazings". complex.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Birdsong, Nick (August 12, 2015). "Ronald Darby taped to goal post, doused with water in Bills' rookie hazing ritual". sportingnews.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Justice, Richard (December 13, 2016). "Anti-hazing, anti-bullying policy appropriate". mlb.com. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "NFL–NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement 2020" (PDF). NFLPA. March 5, 2020. p. 3. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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.
- ^ Davis, Nate (July 25, 2011). "NFL, players announce new 10-year labor agreement". content.usatoday.com. USAToday. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Lariviere, David (July 4, 2012). "NFL Rookie Contracts Show Owners Were The Winners In CBA". forbes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ^ "MLB Miscellany: Rules, regulations and statistics". Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ Jessop, Alicia (June 28, 2012). "The Structure of NBA Rookie Contracts". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Hockey Operations Guidelines". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "The History of Florida Championship Wrestling". Www.fcwprowrestling.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Unknown, Ken. "Every rookie from the first season of NXT". Www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ OTTAPPS, r/SquaredCircle. "Is NXT a "Third Brand" or "Developmental" or both?". ww.reddit.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Podgorski, Alex. ""NXT Can Be Its Own Brand Instead Of Just Developmental" Says WWE's Nick Khan". Tjrwrestling.net. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ COYLE-SIMMONS, PATRICK. "What Is The Identity Of WWE NXT Under Shawn Michaels' Leadership?". Www.thesportster.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "WWE NXT UK". Tv.apple.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wrestling / WWE Diva Search". Tvtropes.org. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hamdy, Ahmed. "Every Diva Search Winner: Where are they now?". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "WWE WrestleMania 21". Thesmackdownhotel.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Staff, TNA Wrestling. "Gut Check". Tnawrestling.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Has Pizzazz, Manolo. "Impact announces Gut Check winner and signs 19-year-old UK prospect". Www.cagesideseats.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TNA British Boot Camp on Challenge TV". Web.archive.org. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Spud". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy. "ROH Announces Launch Of New Developmental System". 411mania.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MCW/ROH Future Of Honor 2019 - Tag 1". Www.cagematch.net. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Atkins, Jake. "Proving Ground Matches Set For ROH TV ROH TV Set To Feature The Return Of 'Proving Ground' Matches". Cultaholic.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Finalists revealed for 2017 MLS year-end awards". mlssoccer.com. October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
For this award, "rookie" is defined as a player without previous professional experience who made his MLS debut in 2017
- ^ Mahoney, Ridge (October 18, 2017). "MLS Awards: Gressel holds sway in Rookie of the Year race". socceramerica.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
Many of the top young players new to the league, such as Jefferson Savarino of Real Salt Lake, are not eligible due to professional experience prior to their arrival in MLS.