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ARTICLE IIUNIFORM PLAYER CONTRACTSection 1.Required Form.The Player Contract to be entered into by each player and the Team by which he isemployed shall be a Uniform Player Contract in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.Section 2.(a)Limitation on Amendments.Except as provided in Sections 3, 6, 7(d), 9, 10 and 11 of this Article, and inArticle VII, Section 7 (Extensions, Renegotiations and Other Amendments) or Article XII(Option Clauses), no amendments to the form of Uniform Player Contract provided for bySection 1 of this Article shall be permitted.(b)If a Team and a player enter into (i) a Uniform Player Contract containing anamendment not specifically permitted by this Agreement or (ii) a subsequent amendment to anexisting Player Contract where such amendment is not specifically permitted by this Agreement,then such Contract or subsequent amendment, as the case may be, shall be disapproved by theCommissioner and, consequently, rendered null and void.Section 3.Allowable Amendments.In their individual contract negotiations, a player and a Team may amend the provisionsof a Uniform Player Contract, but only in the following respects:(a)By agreeing upon provisions (to be set forth in Exhibit 1 to a Uniform PlayerContract) setting forth the Compensation to be paid or amounts to be loaned to the player for15