Why are practice squads so stupidly small

[xwalker]

Sorry. I guess I have a moral dilemma with cutting human being who got injured on behalf of my team and making them unemployed. Luckily, my guess is that the NFLPA would agree.

That's why they established the injury settlement rules. There are not many players that a team would cut just because they have a short term injury. The veterans are also protected in that their salary is guaranteed once the season starts.

 

[Crown Royal]

That's why they established the injury settlement rules. There are not many players that a team would cut just because they have a short term injury. The veterans are also protected in that their salary is guaranteed once the season starts.

And that works out fine in the current system where you can only dressed certain portion of your team. If you were able to dress the entire portion of your team, their creates even more competitive reason to cut people. I understand their protections in place, but that doesn't mean the player has a desire to get injury waved and have to move their family to another city because they got hurt in service of the team.

If you were going to change the rule, you would have to create a new sort of injury designation, one where you have a number of slots available for injury that pulls them off the roster for a period of time.

 

[conner01]

Sorry. I guess I have a moral dilemma with cutting human being who got injured on behalf of my team and making them unemployed. Luckily, my guess is that the NFLPA would agree.

Then don't cut him
It's a teams decision
He's getting paid either way
Not sure why that's any different than the way it is today
If s player is injured a team can replace him
Doesn't matter if all 53 are active for games at all

 

[Crown Royal]

Then don't cut him
It's a teams decision
He's getting paid either way
Not sure why that's any different than the way it is today
If s player is injured a team can replace him
Doesn't matter if all 53 are active for games at all

If you can dress all 53, but you only bring 50 to the game, The other team however brings all 53 because they cut their injured players, you have an imbalance. You are right that is your decision, but at some point it would be stupid not to cut the players and come with full-strength instead.

 

[conner01]

If you can dress all 53, but you only bring 50 to the game, The other team however brings all 53 because they cut their injured players, you have an imbalance. You are right that is your decision, but at some point it would be stupid not to cut the players and come with full-strength instead.

Chances are all 53 aren't playing anyway unless there is an injury
Every team has injuries and just as today teams have to decide if they need to add depth for an injured play
I don't see the difference
Sure there could be games where a team has 53 and the other 51 or so but I don't see how that causes any real imbalance since even now every active player doesn't see the field and wouldn't if the game day roster was 53

 

[xwalker]

And that works out fine in the current system where you can only dressed certain portion of your team. If you were able to dress the entire portion of your team, their creates even more competitive reason to cut people. I understand their protections in place, but that doesn't mean the player has a desire to get injury waved and have to move their family to another city because they got hurt in service of the team.

If you were going to change the rule, you would have to create a new sort of injury designation, one where you have a number of slots available for injury that pulls them off the roster for a period of time.

I think the current system is fine in regards to just having inactive players as the defacto short term IR. It does seem like 7 is more spots than needed but it's not a big deal to me. I would much prefer to see the 53 increased to 55 than to see anything change with the 46.

 

[jterrell]

as many have stated I'd much rather just see a regular 60 man roster, everyone active on game days.

 

[Derinyar]

The thing that has been missing from all of the alternates leagues, IMO, is a connection to the NFL teams. Ideally, if each NFL team had a minor league team it would be really cool. I would watch those games if the Cowboys minor league team consisted of players that might be promoted to the NFL club at some point.

The problem is that trying to start a league with 32 teams is just too much. They could try combining 4 NFL teams per 1 minor league team but then the schemes could not be specific to each NFL team's schemes.

There is an alternate league in the works that has some good ideas. They want to make it a complimentary league to the NFL but I don't remember the specifics.

I think if the owners thought they could monetize it enough they would do it in a second. I think there's teams that would be able to without a doubt, and I think there are teams that couldn't get it to break even. I think if we had a minor league team playing in the new stadium in the Frisco complex we could likely fill it up weekly if the tickets weren't stupidly expensive. But I doubt, for instance, the Jags would be able to fill up a smaller stadium consistently. The biggest block, in my mind, is that the NFL has its developmental league, NCAA Football, that it doesn't have to pay for even if its not a perfect D League.

 

[Derinyar]

Not a bad idea, however there is a fundamental flaw with “feeder” teams which is one of roster turnover.

I can remember when the World league was up and running that it was harder to get behind a team when the best players would be siphoned off to the NFL nearly every year.

How would you feel if a Tony Romo or Dez Bryant would leave after one or maybe if you were lucky two seasons to be replaced by unknowns?

That was always a problem with that league.

You remove that "flaw" by having the feeder team being beholden directly to the parent team and playing the games close to a parent teams home area. That means that the fans of the feeder team are most likely fans of the parent team and want to see the players "graduate" to the NFL team and help out there. I think you have to get over the idea that this is going to be quality football in any way shape or form. It's going to be closer to XFL level football I'd guess.

I'd guess the real reason something like this hasn't been done is that the NFL Owners have probably run the numbers and figured out that it would cost them money to do so and said nah.

 

[Nightman]

as many have stated I'd much rather just see a regular 60 man roster, everyone active on game days.

They talk about safety and then limit game day rosters to 46. That means guys HAVE to try and play on. They try to hide concussions and will take a painkilling shot at halftime.

Every team has 63 guys at practice, let them all dress for the game. If you use a PS guy you have to pay him and make room on the roster immediately after the game. As far as injuries being unbalanced, they play at 46 now, do you really think one team is going to have 17 injured players compared to none for the other team.