He outlined the waiver rules in a November press conference.
Chinese newspapers published articles calculating how households could maximise their benefits under the waiver rules.
Baseball's waiver rules are only slightly better understood than the plans for the design and operation of the $1 billion Mars Observer spacecraft.
General managers themselves don't know all of the waiver rules.
At a league meeting in December 1934, the NFL introduced a waiver rule to prevent such transactions.
Ng joined the American League in January 1997, interpreting waiver rules for executives around the league.
Other issues include arbitration procedures, the entry draft, waiver rules and compensation for the post-season playoffs.
Judge Sand called for a "principled, but realistic application" of the familiar Miranda warnings and waiver rules in overseas cases.
Instead, they had applied a "relaxed waiver rule" that granted exceptions for death-row inmates who missed the deadline.
But under the outright waiver rules, Reed had the option to refuse the assignment and become a free agent.