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Players can be labeled '''Physically Unable to Perform (PUP)''' is the term for a rule in the [[National Football League]] which allows teams to designate players as "Physically Unable to Perform" or "PUP". Onceif they aresuffer designatedfrom asfootball-related such,injuries they are prohibited from practicing withduring the teampreseason. TheyPUP can,players however, rehabilitate andmay participate in team meetings. If a player begins training camp on the PUP list, theyand cantake beadvantage moved toof the activetraining rosterand atmedical any timefacilities, evenbut after onecannot practice. A player is not allowed to be placed onwith the PUP list if they start training camp on the active roster, even if they take part in only the first few minutes of the first practiceteam.

There are two separate PUP lists: a preseason PUP list and a regular-season PUP list.

A player who begins the regular season on the PUP list must sit out his team's first six games. After that point, a team has three weeks to start having the player practice; once the player begins practicing, the team has another three weeks to put the player on the active roster. If the player is not activated by that time, or if he does not begin practicing within that three week window, he must remain on the PUP list for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hurt? What Injured Players Need to Know |url=http://www.nflplayers.com/Articles/Public-News/Hurt-What-Injured-Players-Need-to-Know/ |work=nflplayers.com |date=June 3, 2008 |accessdate=2010-10-11}}</ref>

==Preseason PUP==

A player who, as a result of football-related injuries, is unable to take part in [[training camp]] practices may be assigned to the preseason PUP list. Players can be moved off the PUP list to the active roster at any time, even after one practice. A player cannot be placed on the PUP list, however, once he has taken the field for a practice, even if only for a few minutes.

==Regular-Season PUP==

A player who beginsfinishes the regularpreseason seasonstill on the PUP list can then be placed on the regular-season PUP list. Such players must sit out his team'sthe first six games their team plays. AfterAt that point, ateams teamhave hasa three-week weekswindow toin startwhich havingto allow the player practiceto begin practicing; oncefrom the day the player begins practicing, theteams teamhave hasan anotheradditional three-week window in weekswhich to putdecide whether to activate the player onto the active53-man roster. If theeither playerof isthose notdeadlines activated by that timepass, or if he doesthe not begin practicing within that three week window, heplayer must remain on the PUP list for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hurt? What Injured Players Need to Know |url=http://www.nflplayers.com/Articles/Public-News/Hurt-What-Injured-Players-Need-to-Know/ |work=nflplayers.com |date=June 3, 2008 |accessdate=2010-10-11}}</ref>

==Non-Football Injury==

A similar list, known as the '''Non-Football Injury (NFI)''' list, is functionally equivalent to PUP, but is used for players who are unable to practice as a result of conditions unrelated to football. For example, [[New England Patriots]] tackle [[Marcus Cannon]] began his rookie season on the NFI list as he recovered from [[chemotherapy]] for [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]].

==See also==