title: Designated player
text: # Designated player
  
  A designated player may refer to:
  
  * Designated Player Rule, a Major League Soccer rule for players over the salary cap
  * Designated player (NBA), a National Basketball Association exemption for contract extensions
  * Designated player (softball), a softball batter
  
  ## See also
  
  * Designated hitter
  * Franchise player
  