(09-01-2018, 09:26 AM)Bullseye Wrote:  

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(09-01-2018, 09:11 AM)PF* Wrote: Refresh me on the Practice Squad-
  - if a guy is plucked off our PS, do we have the right to retain him by putting him on the active roster?
  - does the player have the ability to decide whether or not he wants to go to the new team?

No...it is my understanding there is no "right of first refusal" on practice squad players.

If a team signs a guy from one team's practice squad, he has to be signed to the active roster.

I think the player can decide whether or not to sign with the other team, but why wouldn't the player sign?

It would represent an immediate chance to play and a substantial bump in salary.

Definitely. I think practice squad is what $7600 a week this year, if you get grabbed off PS I believe its minumum 3 weeks on the active roster at (at least) the rookie minimum which is $480k.

So worst case scenario you go from $7600/wk up to $30k/wk for 3 weeks then if they drop you, you'd likely find your way back onto a PS making $7600 again.

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