A group of players taking part in practices and available as reserves for the team.
〔美橄〕（参加训练并作为后备的）合同陪练球队
Example sentencesExamples
A player on the taxi squad can be activated so long as a player from the roster is deactivated.
He would be delighted to make the taxi squad, drawing a minimum wage and scrimmaging against the varsity during the week.
However, how sold can the Eagles be on Feeley when, for a brief stretch this season when they had to make room on the roster, they cut him and put him on the taxi squad, then brought him back?
Teams can send additional players, but those players are put on ‘taxi squads’ and are eligible to play only on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Definition of taxi squad in US English:
taxi squad
nounˈtæksi skwɑd
American Football
A group of players who take part in practices and may be called on as reserves for the team.
〔美橄〕（参加训练并作为后备的）合同陪练球队
Example sentencesExamples
He would be delighted to make the taxi squad, drawing a minimum wage and scrimmaging against the varsity during the week.
However, how sold can the Eagles be on Feeley when, for a brief stretch this season when they had to make room on the roster, they cut him and put him on the taxi squad, then brought him back?
Teams can send additional players, but those players are put on ‘taxi squads’ and are eligible to play only on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A player on the taxi squad can be activated so long as a player from the roster is deactivated.