Professional sports
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professional-sports-186-10361681
title:
Professional sports
text:
In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport 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 sport their primary career, devoting the training time necessary to increase skills, physical condition, and experience to modern
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Sports in which participants receive payment for their performance
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_sports
date created:
2003-12-12T03:21:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:46:34Z
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