Are We Finally Sure Of Practice Squad Rules? I'm Not.

[Ring 6]

How can “we” be sure if “I” am not?
Wouldn’t the correct question be: I don’t know the answer, does anyone else?

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I didn't miss it. It is not the governing mechanic clause. [etc.]

Here is that section, in its entirety (bolding mine):

A Practice Squad player may be elevated to a Club’s Active/Inactive List for a maximum combination of two regular season or postseason games in the same League Year. After a Club has elevated a player to its Active/Inactive List for a maximum combination of two games during the regular season or postseason, any subsequent elevation of the player must be an activation to the Club’s 53-player Active/Inactive List. In such a case, the player must first terminate his Practice Squad Player Contract and execute an NFL Player Contract, and the Club must request waivers on that contract, or terminate the contract if the player is not subject to waivers, before resigning the player to its Practice Squad. If the Club requests waivers on the player’s NFL Player Contract and that contract is not claimed by another Club, or if the Club terminates the player’s contract, the player shall become a free agent and shall be free to sign an NFL Player Contract or a Practice Squad Player Contract with any Club, including the Club that requested waivers or terminated the contract. If the player’s NFL Player Contract is not claimed, or if the contract is terminated, and the player subsequently signs a Practice Squad Player Contract with a new Club, nothing shall preclude the signing Club from elevating the player to its Active/Inactive List up to a maximum combination of two regular season or postseason games, subject to the rules set forth in this Section 5. If a Practice Squad Player: (i) has been elevated to a Club’s Active/Inactive List for either one or two games pursuant to this Subsection 5; and (ii) the Club subsequently requests waivers on or terminates his NFL Player Contract, or if the Club terminates his Practice Squad Player Contract; and (iii) thereafter resigns the player to its Practice Squad, the player may not be elevated to that Club’s Active/Inactive List pursuant to this Section 5 for the remainder of that regular or postseason.

Contract law assumes that if there are separate clauses like this, they should be interpreted in such a way that all clauses in a contract have a logical meaning. The most plausible interpretation of these two separate clauses is this:

The first "if" clause: One team's use of the standard elevation clause does not prevent another team (hence, new club) from elevating that player in the same season.

The second "if" clause: If a team has used standard elevation(s) on a player, then waives/terminates the player, they cannot elevate that player if he returns to their PS later that season.

 

[mgteich]

It's MG. It's his modus operandi. Make another unneeded thread.

YUP!

Just igore the issue and presume that you are right and others agree with you.

There are CLEARLY different view on what the contract says and until a representative of the league or a team interprets the clauses for us, we will have different views.

OF COURSE, according to you, we shouldn't BOTHER to try to find an answer,

I shouldn't bother. I just pm DaBruinz to get the answer or AT LEAST post any question that has been answered by you before as OT.

BOTTOM LINE
We have at least two different views of the situation and IT IS IMPORTANT to the team.
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OH AND JUST BY THE WAY
Don't bother to post on my totally extraneous threads. Why do you feel forced?

Why not go and post on threads that REALLY concern the 2025 pats like those discussing pat patriots trades involving QB's.

 

[Pape]

Here is that section, in its entirety (bolding mine):



Contract law assumes that if there are separate clauses like this, they should be interpreted in such a way that all clauses in a contract have a logical meaning. The most plausible interpretation of these two separate clauses is this:

The first "if" clause: One team's use of the standard elevation clause does not prevent another team (hence, new club) from elevating that player in the same season.

The second "if" clause: If a team has used standard elevation(s) on a player, then waives/terminates the player, they cannot elevate that player if he returns to their PS later that season.

the most plausible explanation is they allow teams to do this because its in the bloody NFL Operations Manual... Every one ignores the big first half of the paragraph to focus on the If clause at the end...

you just repeated, nearly verbatim, what i said... the second clause prevents you from doing it more than once.