Talk:Franchise player

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Soriano doesn't fit that description at all. He is not necessarily going to be associated with the Cubs after he retires since he spent so much time with NYY, TEX and WAS. He is not very active in commercials and it is not convincing that he is the highest selling jersey in Chicago (over Prior, Wood, Lee, Ramirez, etc).

70.21.243.68 09:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, while Soriano is no doubt an All Star calliber player, he has not been around long enough to be seen as the current face of the cubs. At the moment, only three players come to mind when you think of top Cubs players and those are Ramirez, Lee, and Zambrano. Prior and Wood are too hyped and hurt to be anything but franchise players.

I deleted NFL players who have been given the franchise tag which is different then the idea of a franchise player. Example, josh brown(kicker seattle) was given the franchise tag, but is not a 'franchise player'. This page might need editing for the other sports because I am not as familiar with them.

I think we need to recruit a native speaker of English to edit this article. 72.60.246.182 (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate meaning of a "Franchise Player"

I'm most familiar with hockey, so I can't speak to other sports, but in the NHL, a "Franchise player" is not necessarily the best player on the team, but generally a good or great player who has played on only one team or played on one team for a long time. Example: Although Joe Thorton is widely regarded as the best player on the San Jose Sharks, Patrick Marleau is considered the franchise player because of his long tenure with the team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nevcamion (talk • contribs) 02:32, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More examples

Would it be possible to get some more examples listed for this article? Specifically to include more recent players. ChillyBlanket (talk) 02:52, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]