The TML argues that the current CPBL agreements are "lifetime contracts" with no expiration date. Unless the employers are foolish enough to violate some specific provision of the contract, players can never become free agents, but must play all their career for that one team.
陳進堂表示，如今職棒球員跟球團所訂的合約，都是沒有存續期限的所謂「終身約」，除非資方有契約中所載明的理由，球員並沒有離隊權，要一輩子為球團效命。