Practice squad rules ???

[pennstate10]

If a vested vet gets offers from 2 different teams, is he free to choose the team he wants?

Or does this go in waiver order, and he needs to take the offer from the team higher on the waiver list?

[K-9]

16 minutes ago, pennstate10 said:

If a vested vet gets offers from 2 different teams, is he free to choose the team he wants?

Or does this go in waiver order, and he needs to take the offer from the team higher on the waiver list?

A vested vet cut from the practice squad is not subject to waivers as he becomes a free agent upon release. 

[Sierra Foothills]

1 hour ago, pennstate10 said:

If a vested vet gets offers from 2 different teams, is he free to choose the team he wants?

Or does this go in waiver order, and he needs to take the offer from the team higher on the waiver list?

 

Who do you have in mind?

 

51 minutes ago, K-9 said:

A vested vet cut from the practice squad is not subject to waivers as he becomes a free agent upon release. 

 

If he's not subject to waivers, why must he wear a vest?

 

Also, what if he refuses to wear the vest? Does he still retain his free agent status?

 

[BarleyNY]

3 hours ago, pennstate10 said:

If a vested vet gets offers from 2 different teams, is he free to choose the team he wants?

Or does this go in waiver order, and he needs to take the offer from the team higher on the waiver list?

Any practice squad player can be signed by any team. If more than one team offers him, he can choose whichever he wants. He could even choose to remain on the PS with his current team (though almost no player would chose that).

[MJS]

Practice squad players are always free agents.

[GunnerBill]

6 hours ago, pennstate10 said:

If a vested vet gets offers from 2 different teams, is he free to choose the team he wants?

Or does this go in waiver order, and he needs to take the offer from the team higher on the waiver list?

 

If a vested vet with 4 or more accrued seasons is released from an ACTIVE roster (say at final cut downs) they are not subject to waivers and if two teams approached them to sign to their Practice Squad it is entirely their choice where to sign.

 

This is the case up to the trade dealine. After the deadline even vested vets are subject to waivers, however, if you claim a guy off waivers you have to put him on your 53. You can't claim him off waivers for your practice squad. So if nobody claims the vet for their 53 and he then has two practice squad offers it is entirely his choice where to sign. 

 

Two further points that might be relevant for the OP to consider:

 

- vested vets released FROM a Practice Squad are never subject to waivers (even after trade deadline); and

 

- only six of the sixteen players on a practice squad at any one time can be vested vets.