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- Professional_sports abstract "Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations or teams can command large incomes. As a result, more sportspeople can afford to make athleticism their primary career, devoting the training time necessary to increase skills, physical condition, and experience to modern levels of achievement. This proficiency has also helped boost the popularity of sports.Most sports played professionally also have amateur players far outnumbering the professionals. Professional athleticism is seen by some as a contradiction of the central ethos of sport, competition performed for its own sake and pure enjoyment, rather than as a means of earning a living. Consequently, many organisations and commentators have resisted the growth of professional athleticism, saying that it was so incredible that it has impeded the development of sport. For example, rugby union was for many years a part-time sport engaged in by amateurs, and English cricket has allegedly suffered in quality because of a \"non-professional\" approach. An important reason why professional sports has been resisted in history was that organisations for professional sports usually did not submit to the international sports federations, and could have their own rules. For example, the National Basketball Association was formerly not a member of the FIBA.".
- Professional_sports wikiPageExternalLink olympika0601d.pdf.
- Professional_sports wikiPageExternalLink www.sportscatchup.com.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink 2015_Major_League_Soccer_season.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink A.C._Milan.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink All-America_Football_Conference.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink American_Civil_War.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink American_Football_League.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Broadcasting_of_sports_events.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Bundesliga.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Category:Industries.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sports_business.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sports_culture.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink FC_Barcelona.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Football_in_England.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Franck_Ribéry.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Gridiron_football.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Guangzhou_Evergrande_Taobao_F.C..
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Home_run.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Indoor_American_football.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink La_Liga.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink List_of_American_and_Canadian_cities_by_number_of_major_professional_sports_franchises.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Manchester_City_F.C..
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Mass_media.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Yankees.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Ohio_League.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Orlando_City_SC.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Payment.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Personal_finances_of_professional_American_athletes.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Premier_League.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Running_back.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Russian_Football_Premier_League.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Salary.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Samuel_Etoo.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Semi-professional.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Serie_A.
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- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Steven_Gerrard.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Testimonial.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink The_Football_League.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Tiger_Woods.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink United_Football_League_(2009–12).
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink United_States_dollar.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Western_Pennsylvania_Professional_Football_Circuit.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink William_Heffelfinger.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink World_Series.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLink Zlatan_Ibrahimović.
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Go Pro" (sports)".
- Professional_sports wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pro".