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* ''[[UsefulNotes/Baseball Major League Baseball]]'' has the "Ted Turner Rule", banning any team owner or stock holder from a coaching position, after Turner's aborted 1977 attempt to manage the Atlanta Braves. urner sent regular manager Dave Bristol on a two-week "vacation" to take the reigns himself. He managed one game before the Commissioner's Office and the other owners stepped in.

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* ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'': There are several Welch's Lists that involve an RPG player that humorously abuses loopholes.
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': Dr. Bright also has a [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation list]] of things he is not allowed to do.
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* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' the Andalite version of the [[{{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} Prime Directive]] is called the Law of Seerow's Kindness, after the Andalite who gave technology to the race that went on to use it to become the {{Big Bad}}s of the series.

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* There are [[Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG several Welch's Lists]] that involve an RPG player that humorously abuses loopholes.
* [[SCPFoundation Dr. Bright]] also has a [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation list]] of things he is not allowed to do.

* Much more serious examples are in law, with an unfortunate number as a direct result of the abduction and murder of whoever the law is named after. These include the AMBER Alert system, Megan's Law, Caylee's Law, and more.
** This can appear for laws which have nothing to do with abductions or murder. For instance, Sweden has several laws whose common-use name is Lex [First Name], such as Lex Sarah (about treatment of the elderly and those with disabilities) Lex Maria (about reporting duties within healthcare) and Lex Pernilla (about the requirement for all sold food products to be marked with packaging and best-before days).
* A RealLife example from the world of sports: The National Football League has numerous rules commonly (if unofficially) named after individual players. The "Emmitt Smith Rule", to give one example, prohibits a player from removing his helmet on the field while the game clock is running. Its name derives from the former Dallas Cowboys running back's predilection for throwing off his helmet after scoring touchdowns.
* The Directors Guild of America reserves the right to slap a producer with a huge fine if he fires a DGA-affiliated director and replaces him with a current member of the cast or crew. They call this the "Eastwood Rule," after Creator/ClintEastwood's behavior while making ''TheOutlawJoseyWales''.
* A RealLife commodities exchange rule designed to prevent investors from getting ruined by sudden massive changes in commodity prices as happened in ''TradingPlaces'' is known as the "Eddie Murphy" Rule.
* In {{Cricket}} to "Mankad" is for the bowler to run out the non-striker batsman while they are backing up, after Vinoo Mankad of India, who did this to Australian Bill Brown in 1947. While not illegal, such an act is considered unsportsmanlike by many and likely to be highly controversial.
* In RugbyLeague, John Hopoate became infamous after it was revealed that, when tackled, he had a habit of causing the tackler to loosen his grip by sticking his fingers into their rectum. "Hopoate" became Australian slang for such an act.
* In 2008, an IceHockey player named Sean Avery spent a substantial amount of time waving his hands in the opposing goaltender's face and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_2oKWe2Gw generally being a pest to him]], eventually leading to a goal. This move wasn't technically against the rules at the time. Less than a day later, [[http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3346729 the league amended the rule]] so that if another player tries it, he can get a penalty. No prizes for guessing what the rule is (informally) called...
* The National Hockey League had once had a huge problem with the Edmonton Oilers: they would send out any unimportant player to intentionally get offsetting minors with their opponent. This would set up a 4 on 4 situation, where the Oilers could send out their top line run by Wayne Gretzky. The combination would typically dominate any line they came up against. To prevent this from getting out of hand, the "Wayne Gretzky rule" was introduced, where offsetting minors were played in a 5 on 5 situation. Interestingly, the rule was revoked later.
* An exception in the NationalBasketballAssociation's salary cap exists called the "Larry Bird exception", after Larry Bird being the first player re-signed under a rule where teams could exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own players. Two other variations exist, the "non-Bird exception", and the much punnier "Early Bird exception", which, as the name suggests, applies to certain players in free agency who were early in their career with a team.

* In ''RedVsBlue'', [[BigBad the Director]] is told that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman they're going to name new A.I. protocols]] after him.

* Much more serious examples are in law, with an unfortunate number as a direct result of the abduction and murder of whoever the law is named after. These include the AMBER Alert system, Megan's Law, Caylee's Law, and more.

* On "HomeImprovement" a rule limiting the amount of Christmas lights and electricity used in the neighborhood decorating contest was known as the "Tim Taylor Rule"
* On MarriedWithChildren the male strip clubs have a "Peggy Bundy Rule" forbidding women from going in the back room with dancers.

* In RedVsBlue, [[BigBad the Director]] is told that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman they're going to name new A.I. protocols]] after him.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', DOOP's version of the {{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} is called Brannigan's Law, after Captain Zapp Brannigan. Although, it's not clear if that's it's official name, or if raging egomaniac Zapp Brannigan just likes to call it that...Officially it's designated Directive B10.8:1. If there's a 'B' in it, then it's possible that it was named after Brannigan. A recurring theme is DOOP being blissfully unaware of how incompetent and stupid Brannigan really is and Brannigan is highly decorated.

* During his time in {{WCW}}, [[{{Wrestling/Raven}} Raven]] would wrestle his matches under "Raven's Rules", basically meaning "no rules".

* When Marge Simpson got sugar banned in Springfield on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that law was dubbed the "lex Marge".

Occasionally, when mentioning it, the speaker will look at the character in question glaringly (if he or she is nearby). If the rule is sufficiently strange and specific, this doubles as a NoodleIncident.

Occasionally, when mentioning it, the speaker will look at the character in question glaringly (if he or she is nearby).

* The [[Literature/HonorHarrington Honerverse's]] Eridani Edict, preventing the use of ColonyDrops without first giving the planet a chance to surrender, is named after the world of Epsilon Eridani, which was leveled by such an attack.

* The Directors Guild of America reserves the right to slap a producer with a huge fine if he fires a DGA-affiliated director and replaces him with a current member of the cast or crew. They call this the "Eastwood Rule," after ClintEastwood's behavior while making ''TheOutlawJoseyWales''.

** Similarly, the National Hockey League had once held a problem with the Edmonton Oilers: they would send out any unimportant player to intentionally get offsetting minors with their opponent. This would set up a 4 on 4 situation, where the Oilers could send out their top line run by Wayne Gretzky. The combination would typically dominate any line they came up against. To prevent this from getting out of hand, the "Wayne Gretzky rule" was introduced, where offsetting minors were played in a 5 on 5 situation. Interestingly, the rule was revoked later.

* A RealLife commodities exchange rule designed to prevent investors from getting ruined by sudden massive changes in commodity prices as happened in ''TradingPlaces'' is known as the "Eddy Murphy" Rule.

* There are [[ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG several Welch's Lists]] that involve an RPG player that humorously abuses loopholes.

* There are several Welch's Lists that involve an RPG player that humorously abuses loopholes.

* In RedVsBlue, [[BigBad the Director]] is told that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman they're going name new A.I. protocols]] after him.

* The supervillain guild on ''TheVentureBrothers'' has a number of hostage-related regulations named after Doctor Venture, since he was constantly getting kidnapped as a boy hero.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', DOOP's version of the {{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} is called Brannigan's Law, after Captain Zapp Brannigan.
** Although, it's not clear if that's it's official name, or if raging egomaniac Zapp Brannigan just likes to call it that...
** Officially it's designated Directive B10.8:1. If there's a 'B' in it, then it's possible that it was named after Brannigan. A recurring theme is DOOP being blissfully unaware of how incompetent and stupid Brannigan really is and Brannigan is highly decorated.
* When Marge Simpson got sugar banned in Springfield on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that law was dubbed the "lex Marge".
* On "HomeImprovement" a rule limiting the amount of Christmas lights and electricty used in the neighborhood decorating contest was known as the "Tim Taylor Rule"
* A RealLife example from the world of sports: The National Football League has numerous rules commonly (if unofficially) named after individual players. The "Emmitt Smith Rule", to give one example, prohibits a player from removing his helmet on the field while the game clock is running. Its name derives from the former Dallas Cowboys running back's predilection for throwing off his helmet after scoring touchdowns.
* There are several Welch's Lists that involve an RPG player that humorously abuses loopholes.

* The Directors Guild of America reserves the right to slap a producer with a huge fine if he fires a DGA-affiliated director and replaces him with a current member of the cast or crew. They call this the "Eastwood Rule," after ClintEastwood's behavior while making ''TheOutlawJoseyWales''.

* A RealLife commodities exchange rule designed to prevent investors from getting ruined by sudden massive changes in commodity prices as happened in ''TradingPlaces'' is known as the "Eddy Murphy" Rule.

Occasionally, when mentioning it, the speaker will look at the character in question glaringly (if he or she is nearby). The trope name comes from ''Literature/SkippysList''. Nothing to do with ''SkippyTheBushKangaroo''.