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| In sports, the '''scout team''', also referred to as a '''practice team''', '''taxi squad''', '''practice squad''' or '''practice roster''', is a group of players on a team whose task is to emulate future opponents for the featured (or starting) players. Frequently used in ] or ], these teams consist of less athletically developed or less skilled players. However, unlike a traditional ], scout teams often have to learn a variety of different football ]s in order to simulate the tendencies of future opponents. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ] coach ] invented the "taxi squad," a group of promising scouted players who did not make the roster but were kept on reserve. The team owner Mickey McBride put them on the payroll of his taxi company, although they did not drive cabs.{{sfn|Cantor|2008|p=95}} | |||
| ==National Football League== | |||
| Each ] team may keep up to ten members on its "practice squad" in addition to the 53-member main roster. They consist mostly of ]s 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.<ref name="nflpa"/> | |||
| 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)<ref name="nflpa">{{cite web|url=http://www.nflplayers.com/images/fck/NFL%20COLLECTIVE%20BARGAINING%20AGREEMENT%202006%20-%202012.pdf |title=The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement|accessdate=2009-09-10|publisher=NFL Players Association}}</ref> 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 ] paid third-year player ] the full $425,000 he would have earned on the active roster.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/09/19/nfl_hunting_on_fox_leak/ |title=NFL hunting for answer on how Fox got Patriots video |publisher=The Boston Globe |accessdate=2009-07-02 | date=2007-09-19| first1=Mike| last1=Reiss}}</ref> | |||
| Practice squad players are ]s; 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 ].<ref name=espn>Bill Williamson, , ESPN, June 12, 2008.</ref> | |||
| Many NFL players have spent time on practice squads before finding success in the league, including ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Houston Texans - Arian Foster Profile|url=http://www.houstontexans.com/team/roster/arian-foster/723e6c0c-f534-4b7e-a392-bb3bd6b17e3c|website=Houston Texans|publisher=houstontexans.com|accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Patriots.com|url=http://www.patriots.com/team/roster/danny-amendola/108d28ff-135f-453e-8116-2f2f997f8356/|website=Patriots.com|publisher=New England Patriots|accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
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