Okay Football Genius. What do these terms mean?

Question

I read on sports quite a bit, and follow the sport well. However these terms always seem to stump me and I was wondering on the answers for the following. Pratice Squad. Inactive List. Physicaly Unable To Perform List. Non Football Injury List. Suppliental Draft.Injured Reserve. Franchise Player. and in collage, Redshirt Freshman. GO NINERS!!!

Answer 1

Practice Squad: In the NFL, this is a squad of 8 players signed by a team. They cannot play any games for their team, but they can practice with the team. They can be signed by any other team, but they must be signed to the 53-man roster.

Inactive List: This is a list of 8 players that will not be playing in that week's game.

Physically Unable to Perform List: This is a list of all the players who cannot play because of injury. Players on this list are not necessarily out for the season. as is the case with the Injured Reserve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physically_Unable_to_Perform

Non-Football Injury List: This is pretty obvious: these are the people who were badly injured doing anything but football (like Kellen Winslow when he crashed his motorcycle.) The players on this list usually get paid a fraction of their salaries, so most players like to stay off this list.

Supplemental Draft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Draft#Supplemental_Draft

Injured Reserve: If a player is badly injured, a team may designate a player to be part of this list. If a player is on IR, he can meet with the team and rehab, but he cannot practice or play. Also, a player cannot be taken off of IR; the team must wait for the season to end. However, this takes the player off the active roster, allowing this team to sign another player.

Franchise Player: In the NFL, a team can designate a player bound for free agency as their "franchise player." The team then must to offer the player a 1-year contract that is worth the average of the top 5 players at their position, or a 10% raise over last year's salary, whichever is higher. The player, however, does not have to sign this contract, called the franchise tender. Most players hate this, as they are usually seeking a long-term contract and a large signing bonus.

Redshirt Freshman: In college, a player has four years of eligibility. Under NCAA rules, a player can preserve a year of eligibility by sitting out for a whole season. These players are usually referred to as "redshirt freshmen." They can practice with the team, but they cannot play or they lose a season of eligibility.

You will also hear about medical redshirts, which work under the same principle, as the player is usually unable to play. However, players can have more than one medical redshirt, and can preserve a year of eligibility with a medical redshirt even if they have redshirted for a non-medical reason.

Answer 2

Practice Squad - Practice squad players practice alongside regular roster players during the week; however they are not allowed to play in actual games

Inactive List - 7 out of the 53 players on an NFL team are required NOT to suit up, and must remain on the sidelines.\

Physically Unable to Perform List - This means they cannot practice with the team until further notice

Non Football Injury list - I believe this is a condition where you cannot play for 6 weeks not entirly sure though :-(

Supplemental Draft - This is for college players who didn't enter the draft because they thought they needed to stay in college.

Injured Reserve - It simply means that those players on it cannot play for tne remainder of the season.

Franchise Player - A player who cannot leave his team through Free Agency

Redshirt Freshman - Is a sophmore who is in the first season of athletic eligibility.

Hope that helps :-)

Answer 3

Pratice Squad: players on the team who play aganist the primary players to get them prepared for a game. They are the ones who it does not matter if they get injuried.
Inactive List: Players who are inactive due to injury, illness, or personnal reasons (rehab).
Phys. Unable to Preform List: Any injury that is required for body functions, not sickness or mentalilty related.
Non Football Injury List: Any injury not game related. Like car accidents, home accidents, bar fights or shootings, etc.
Sorry not sure of the others.

Answer 4

A redshirt freshman is actually a sophomore who sat out their freshman season wearing a redshirt to gain some more perspective on their position.

Answer 5

Practice Squad: Same as above, practices against starters for game prep. However, what is not mentioned is they are players that are being paid by the team, but do not count toward the 53 player roster limit. They can be called up.

Inactive List: Players who, for whatever reason, are not playing at the moment for either injury or otherwise. They do not count toward the 53 player roster limit.

Physically Unable to Perform List: Players that are injured. They do count toward the 53 player roster limit.

Supplimental Draft: Players who did not declare for the NFL draft, are held in a draft held after the real draft. Usually consisting of undrafted rookies, and late declared rookies. Not worth the same money drafted players get.

Injured Reserve: A player who is injured and the team decides they cannot use the player the rest of the year. This lets team keep the player, but he does not count toward the 53 player limit and cannot sign with another team or be traded.

Franchise Player: When a player is franchised, he cannot leave team until the franchise is lifted. However, only one person can be franchised, it is limited to one year, and the salary must be equal or greater then the average of the top 3 salaries of other players at that position.

Redshirt Freshman: The redshirt process allows a player to be on the squad, they just cannot play the whole season. A redshirt freshman is an academic sophmore, but still has 4 years of athletic elligibility left. Allows for 5 years on the football team.

Answer 6

Franchise player....Every team can designate 1 player as their "franchise player" that means for one year they get paid in the 5% of what the top salaries of the players at his position make. EX. Lance Briggs linebacker of the Bears got "Franchised" so he's going to get 7.2 mil for this upcoming season. Its usually becuz they can't sign a player for a long term contract and they don't want them to just leave...and also if he decides to leave the team, the new team that takes him has to give the former team that he played for 2 first round picks... All the other questions were answered correctly....

Answer 7

Practice squad- the team members that are designated to play against the 1st team (e.g. 1st team offense will play against the 2nd team defense.

Inactive list- A list of players that are not able to play or practice in an indicated time period

Physicaly Unable To Perform List- the list of players that are physicaly not able to preform to their full potential

Non Football Injury List- A list of people that are not in pro football that are injured but are thinking about becoming pro

Suppliental Draft- a list of draft of draft potentials that skipped the rookie draft and went straight to a team

Injured Reserve- A list of players that have had season ending injuries. They are not able to play for they season

Franchise Player- The star player on the team

Redshirt Freshman- A 2nd year freshman that didn't play their true freshman year. Like a rookie in pro football

Answer 8

The Practice Squad is made up of 4 or 5 guys who practice with the team but are not actually on the roster. If need be they can be signed during the middle of the year as injury replacements or something.

Inactive list means the player is on the roster but is inactive, that is, not playing.

Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) is like Injured Reserved except for players who get hurt off the field. Ex. Say Alex Smith fell off a ladder while cleaning his gutters and hurt his back. He could be placed on the PUP List

Non Football Injury list--See PUP

Supplemental Draft--occurrs after the NFL Draft, i think so that teams can have a shot at players who arent drafted

Injured reserve (IR)--for player who have on field injuries. they are put on IR and it deactivates them for the remainder of the season. It also clears their roster spot so a free agent could be signed to replace them

Franchise Player--every team has what is called a franchise tag. this tag can be used on one player. it gives that player a 1yr, $8 million deal and he is not allowed to negotiate with other teams

Redshirt Freshman--he does not play his freshman year so that he has eligibilty even after graduating

hope this helps

Answer 9

A franchise player is like tha golden tickt or tha allstar on the team...the organization want's to build on him..for the future

Answer 10

Practice Squad is a group of 5 players(ok I think they may have added not sure anymore) that can PRACTICE with the team. The team has RIGHTS to that player, under a form of contract, but the players CAN'T play in the game and are not on the Roster.
Inactive list- Every game the team has to have X numbers of scratches. Those players can't play in the game but are still on the Roster. They have the Active Roster and the Game Roster. You can have so many on the Active Roster but a few, I think it is like 7, aren't allowed to be on the Game Roster and so they are on the Inactive Roster. This is to make up for things like injuries that every team typically has
PUPL- Just that. They CAN'T play. They are Physically Unable. So they are "cut" from the Roster BUT the team has the rights to them even though they aren't offically on any roster anymore
Non Football Injury List- Say a guy goes skiing and breaks his leg. It isn't a FOOTBALL INJURY yet he can't play. I think there is a limit to teh number of PUPL so they added this, not sure
Supplimental draft-Almost never have them. Say Clarrett had won his case and he could have entered the NFL. Since it would have been AFTER the Draft but still before the season and all they would have held a second draft so to speak. The few players that wanted in that couldn't enter and probably a few that weren't drafted would be in this one.
Injured Reserve- You are injured but your spot is still there on the Roster.
Franchise Player-It is a one year contract under specific pay guidelines and takes away the Free Agency for that year.
Redshirt- You Can't play but get to practice. It allows you to keep the year Aligibilty, since College players only get 4 years and so they redshirt the first year so the player can develop. You only get one redshirt year per player though.