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There was an article in Sports Illustrated recently talking about practice squads. It said that the players on the squad attended games but did not dress for them and did not join the team on the sidelines. Look for the article in the SI.com archives.

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Yes...here's the section of the NFL rule book covering that:

"a player under contract to a club as a Practice Squad player is completely free to sign a contract with another NFL club during the season in order to be on the second club's Active/Inactive (i.e., 53 man) list. A practice squad player may not sign an NFL Player Contract with his Club's next opponent later than 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the sixth day preceding the game (except in bye weeks, when the prohibition commences on the tenth day preceding the game).If another club signs a Practice Squad player to its 53 man roster it does not have to provide any sort of compensation to the player's former club but it generally must keep the player on the 53 man roster for at least 3 weeks, thereby mandating that he earns in 2007 the minimum first year salary for said 3 week period ($285,000 prorated weekly).

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Yes. Players have to clear a 24-hour waiver period before being signed to a practice squad.

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8-man Practice Squad:

After all teams have set their 53-man rosters prior to opening day and each team has passed 24-hours on acquiring the contracts of every other player waived by the other 31 NFL teams, each team may sign up to 8 players to occupy its developmental Practice Squad. These players practice with their teams but cannot dress on game days.

Further, any other team may claim a team's PS player on waivers at any given time during the season -- the only stipulation to this is that the team signing the PS player must immediately add that player to its 53-man roster.

A player is elibible for the PS if he: * Has no prior Accrued Seasons in the NFL * has one prior Accrued Season in which he was on the 45-man active roster for no more than 8 games * Has been on the PS with the particular team no more than 2 prior seasons (070609 CAM -- South Pasadena, CA)

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No, but their contracts do count towards the NFL Salary Cap

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yes, The 8 practice squad players can play in any game so long as the team keeps the active roster to the 53 man limit

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Can NFL practice squad players sign with another nfl team's practice squad while still under contract with there present team?

No. A player cannot be signed from one practice squad to another. A practice squad player from one squad can be signed to the ACTIVE roster of another squad easily, but they must remain on the new team's active roster (as long as they're healthy) for the remainder of the season


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How many people are in one football team?

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How many spots are there in the us to be on an NFL team?

A NFL roster has 53 players. A team is also allowed to have a practice squad, a group of developmental players. The practice squad is can have as many as 8 players on it. Therefore, there are a total of 61 spots on an NFL roster. As you can see by the limited numbers of spaces available, there is a lot of competition to achieve a roster spot in the NFL.


Can a player on an nfl practice squad be moved up to the regular roster anytime in regular season should there be a spot due to an injury leaving a player out for the remainder of the season?

Yes. The player's current team can promote him or another team can sign him to a contract. Practice squad members are considered free agents therefore, should another team sign one of the practice squad members, no compensation is given to the player's former team. Should another team sign a practice squad player, the player must be placed on his new team's 53 man roster for a minimum of three weeks. The 2008 season salary for practice squad members is $5,200 per week.


How many members does a American football team have?

The active roster for an NFL team is 53 players not including those on the injured/reserve or the practice squad.


Can a NFL practice squad team member travel to away games?

Practice Squad players do not travel to away games with their respective teams. Practice squad players are not elligible to play in games until they are added to their team's 53 man roster, so it would be pointless to bring them on the road. Check the link below for the portion f the NFL CBA that covers the Practice Squad.


What are the requirements to be placed on the practice squad?

Basically, 53 players make a football squad in the NFL. Of those 53, 45 dress to play for a game. The others are considered the 'practice squad'. There are no real requirements to be on the practice squad other than the coaching staff believes that you are the 46th-53rd best player on the team. The practice squad is very important since if someone on the 45 man active roster gets hurt, the first place a team will look to replace the injured player is the practice squad.The above is incorrect. The practice squad is an additional group of 8 players in addition to the regular roster of 53. For each game, 8 of the 53 players are designated as "inactive" for the game, but that is separate from the practice squad.


How many people are on one NFL team?

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What is the purpose of the NFL practice squad?

The practice squad consists of players that the team really likes but doesn't think are ready to play full time. These practice squad players are usually young, rookies and second year. Sometimes, should an injury occur to one of the regular players a player from the practice squad will be promoted to the regular squad to replace him.


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