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EFL player forced to sign 'contract clause' after joining KSI's Baller League team
- Derby County’s Harvey Rees becomes the first active EFL player to sign for KSI’s Baller League club PRIME FC.
- Rees had to sign a medical waiver to play for PRIME FC.
- The contract clause was a precondition for Rees’s move to PRIME FC.
- Rees is in Derby’s second year of a two-year scholarship while appearing for PRIME FC.
- Prime FC defeated Wembley Rangers 7-1 in Rees’s debut.
- Rees’s move comes amid broader scrutiny over players participating without permission.
- Derby County publicly supported Rees’s participation in the Baller League.
- Players in the Baller League earn a fee per match, adding to scholarship income.
- Rees debuted for PRIME FC while Derby’s reserve sides were not active this season.
- The move coincides with hopes of progression to the top flight for Derby fans.
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