The injured reserve list is a list of reserved players who are injured and unable to play for a period of time, used most prominently in the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Football League (NFL). It is used because these leagues have a maximum number of players on the team roster, so placing a player on the injured reserve list frees up one spot. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a similar list called the disabled list is used. Also, in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Inactive List is the rough equivalent of injured/disabled lists of other sports. In the NFL, when a player is placed on the list called "Reserve/Injured", he cannot play for the remainder of the season. The other leagues allow the player to return to play during the season. The NBA's inactive list is the most liberal as it does not generally require a player to be injured.
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