offer sheet
noun [ C ] sports specialized uk/ˈɒf.ə ˌʃiːt/ us/ˈɑː.fɚ ˌʃiːt/
（美国球队给受限制的自由球员的）合同
(in US sports) a contract that is offered by a sports team to a restricted free agent (= a player who can only accept a contract with another team in certain situations) from a different team
Two weeks later he signed a six-year, $68 million offer sheet with Utah. 两周后，他与犹他签订了一份为期6年、价值6800万美元的合同。
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- Teams are free to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets, but their current teams have the right of first refusal, with one week to match those deals.
- The Warriors matched Houston's offer sheet to free agent Marc Jackson.
- New England has decided not to match the Jets' six-year, $36 million offer sheet to the running back.
- He, like many other restricted free agents, didn't receive an offer sheet from another team, allowing the Hawks to give him a "take or leave it" offer.