Quote:Actually a player could be eligible for the PS for his first three years in the NFL if he hasn't been on the active roster for an prolonged period of time. Not sure what that time is though. You could also hide an player that you covet on the PS for whatever reason...
NH3...
<p style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family
ans-serif;">Each <a class="" href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL' title="NFL">NFL</a> team may keep up to ten members on its "practice squad" in addition to the 53-member main roster. They consist mostly of
rookies who were cut in training camps and borderline NFL-caliber players. Both rookies and young veterans are eligible for the practice squad. However, a player cannot participate on the practice squad for more than three seasons; he is eligible for a third season only if the team has at least 53 players on its active/inactive list for the duration of that player's employment, or have no prior accrued seasons in the NFL (an accrued season is six or more games on the active roster); or if he has accrued a year of NFL experience on a club's 53-man active roster. If the player was on the active list for fewer than 9 games during their "only Accrued Season(s)", he maintains his eligibility for the practice squad. Games in which a player is listed as the third-string quarterback (a designation that has been abolished as of 2011) do not count as being on the active list.<sup>
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<p style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family
ans-serif;">Practice squad players practice alongside regular roster players during the week, but they are not allowed to play in actual games. They can be paid considerably less than active squad players: The minimum salary from 2008 to 2010 was $5,200 per week (2008-2010)<sup>
[2]</sup> for 17 weeks, or $88,400 per season, in comparison to the NFL minimum rookie salary of $420,000. In 2012 the minimum salary for a practice squad player was $5,700 per week, and the minimum rookie salary in 2012 was $390,000. Some practice squad players are paid considerably more, however. In 2006, the
New England Patriots paid third-year player
Billy Yates the full $425,000 he would have earned on the active roster.<sup>
[3]</sup>
<p style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family
ans-serif;">Practice squad players are
free agents; they can be signed to any team's 53-man roster at any time during the season. In other words, NFL teams are free to "poach" other teams' practice squads without compensating the teams. Additionally, the NFL has a program through which foreign players may be assigned to teams' practice squads, called the
International Practice Squad Program.<sup>
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