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the official guest list for who's allowed to fail spectacularly together.
means a formal list of the players or members officially eligible to play or serve for a team, usually with limits set by rules.
from roster comes from the dutch rooster, meaning a gridiron or list ruled with lines like a waffle iron grid, first used for military duty rotas before sports borrowed it.
military rootoriginally scheduled soldiers for guard duty, not games
salary cap linknfl rosters cap at 53 for exactly this reason
in-season churnmlb rosters can legally change almost daily
for instance
nba 15-man roster — teams carry up to 15, only 13 active per game night
olympic squad list — countries submit final rosters weeks before the games start
fantasy football roster — millions redraft weekly lineups from one fixed player pool