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Hey guys,
I took a closer look at the CBA in regards to practice squad eligibility:
"free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s)."
The "(s)" is the critical part of that excerpt. The wording isn't great, but we now know why Yates, Shoate, and other guys like Wayne Hunter (who had 3 accrued seasons with the Seahawks and was still on the Jets' PS in 2007) are still eligible for the practice squad. The word "only" is rather superfluous - it doesn't mean that a player can "only" have one accrued season, or else there'd be no reason for the "(s)."
I think it's same to assume a player is practice squad eligible as long as they have not yet accrued a season in which they were active for at least nine regular season games.
But I have no idea how this affects the Patriots. It would take a good amount of research to figure that out.
EDIT: (5 minutes later...) Only Jeff Shoate is practice squad eligible based on this revelation (besides the others, of course).
I took a closer look at the CBA in regards to practice squad eligibility:
"free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s)."
The "(s)" is the critical part of that excerpt. The wording isn't great, but we now know why Yates, Shoate, and other guys like Wayne Hunter (who had 3 accrued seasons with the Seahawks and was still on the Jets' PS in 2007) are still eligible for the practice squad. The word "only" is rather superfluous - it doesn't mean that a player can "only" have one accrued season, or else there'd be no reason for the "(s)."
I think it's same to assume a player is practice squad eligible as long as they have not yet accrued a season in which they were active for at least nine regular season games.
But I have no idea how this affects the Patriots. It would take a good amount of research to figure that out.
EDIT: (5 minutes later...) Only Jeff Shoate is practice squad eligible based on this revelation (besides the others, of course).
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