Trinity Rodman

The list of athletes who have a rule named in their honor is brief and prestigious.

- SEAN GREGORY

Shohei Ohtani has the “Ohtani Rule,” allowing a starting pitcher who hits for himself to stay in the game, as a designated hitter, after he’s done his work on the mound. The “Larry Bird Exception” lets NBA teams exceed the salary cap to resign their own qualifying free agents. And in December, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) introduced the “Rodman Rule,” technically called the High Impact Player rule, which lets teams spend up to $1 million above the salary cap on high-performing, marketable stars. Trinity Rodman, who in January signed a three-year contract with the Washington Spirit worth more than $2 million annually, making her at the time th