What happens when a CPL club has a season-ending injury or an extreme hardship?
Rule- Canada
- Canadian Premier League
- CPL
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- 2026
- Fans
Inactive List: a player can be moved off the Master Roster to the Inactive List after a season-ending injury or in exceptional circumstances, pending League approval. A club gets roster and Player Compensation Budget relief for one season-ending injury per season; it may request roster relief for any other Inactive List move, pending approval. A player moved to the Inactive List with a season-ending injury may not return to play for the rest of the 2026 season.
Extreme Hardship: the CPL may approve a Short-Term Replacement Standard Contract when, through short-term injury, suspension or unique circumstances:
- the Primary Roster falls below 16 available players, or
- the club has fewer than two available goalkeepers.
Added 25 Oct 2026