NFL management council approves increase in offseason roster limit - NFL News
The National Football League (NFL) continues to change rules and regulations to make the game more interesting and allow for more talent to enter the league and try impressing coaches.
The league’s management council on Monday, April 23, 2012, decided to allow franchises to increase their offseason rosters by 10 more players, which means that teams will be able to field 90 instead of 80 players in their line-up heading into training camp.
This will give some of the up and coming talents in the NFL a chance to impress their coaches and maybe become the next big thing in the league for years to come.
The NFL also announced that the first roster cut down will begin during the preseason games taking place in the third week.
The cut down will release 15 players from each team who did not make the cut to become a full time member of the squad.
The whole 90-man roster includes active, inactive, practice-squad, exempt and reserve-list players while also including unsigned draft choices and franchise free agents.
Only 51 of the most highly paid players in a team count towards the salary cap and hence will allow the franchises to not worry about pay scales if they find someone who impresses the coaches during training camp and preseason games.
The news was first released by league spokesperson, Gregg Aiello through his Twitter account.
This is a fine development for players looking to make it in the big time and now they must showcase their talents and give their best to force team coaches to consider them as players who can contribute positively to their team’s success.
The league continues to refine rules and regulations to keep pace with the changing times.
It remains to be seen which players who have been missed out by the scouts and the 24/7 news cycle would go on to become stalwarts for their teams.
The league has a history of players who have been missed by scouts and franchises or undervalued during the draft process going on to become greats in their own right and this will provide another opportunity to those with low profiles.
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