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Taxi Squads
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:59 am
by mtpatton
UPDATE: To the best of my knowledge, practice squads (aka taxi squads) originated with Paul Brown in 1946. PFA provides practice squad limits starting only in 1989. So does anyone know about the limits prior to 1989?
Anyone know the history of year-by-year taxi squad limits?
Re: Taxi Squads
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:28 pm
by TodMaher
mtpatton wrote:Anyone know the history of year-by-year taxi squad limits?
https://www.profootballarchives.com/nfl ... imits.html
Re: Taxi Squads
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:09 pm
by Mark L. Ford
Tod, I'm glad to see the Archives are operational-- one of my favorite sites, and kudos and thanks to you for all the work you've done on building it.
Re: Taxi Squads
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:57 pm
by TodMaher
mtpatton wrote:UPDATE: To the best of my knowledge, practice squads (aka taxi squads) originated with Paul Brown in 1946.
Prior to 1965 in the NFL taxi squads were "under the table" affairs. They were not officially recognized by the NFL and (and I'm 99% sure the AAFC).
Also the taxi squads players of 1965-72 were not allowed to sign with any other teams - unlike today's practice squad players who are free agents.
I still haven't discovered when AFL officialy made their taxis squads legal.
Re: Taxi Squads
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:29 pm
by TodMaher
Mark L. Ford wrote:Tod, I'm glad to see the Archives are operational-- one of my favorite sites, and kudos and thanks to you for all the work you've done on building it.
Thank you.
Re: Taxi Squads
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:09 pm
by Saban1
TodMaher: I did not know that the Pro Football Archives was your website. I have enjoyed it and refer to it often.