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?
Taxi Squads
Taxi Squads
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https://www.profootballarchives.com/nfl ... imits.htmlmtpatton wrote:Anyone know the history of year-by-year taxi squad limits?
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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).mtpatton wrote:UPDATE: To the best of my knowledge, practice squads (aka taxi squads) originated with Paul Brown in 1946.
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.
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