Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. The distinction is made between amateur sporting participants...
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The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–559), also known as PASPA or the Bradley Act, was a law, judicially-overturned...
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is especially common in individual sports, although the term "league" is sometimes used in amateur individual sports such as golf. The term "league" is...
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Amateur film Amateur geology or rockhounding, including a list of notable amateur geologists Amateur journalism Amateur radio Amateur sports Amateur theatre...
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Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because...
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The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively...
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The Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) scheme was introduced in 2002 by the then Labour government to support grass roots sport. The original legislation...
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Billet (section Amateur sports)
in amateur sports in Canada drastically curtailed billeting practice. Many places do not billet, while other clubs through their provincial sports' bodies...
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The Amateur Sports Act of 1978, signed by President Jimmy Carter, established the United States Olympic Committee (now United States Olympic & Paralympic...
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philanthropist who sponsored the private Foxcatcher wrestling team at an amateur sports center known as Foxcatcher Farm that he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania...
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CSIT – International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation (also known as International Labor and Amateur Sports Confederation) (French: CSIT - Confédération...
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Sportsbook (redirect from Sports book)
Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 allowed only Nevada, Oregon, Montana, and Delaware to legally wager on sports other than horse...
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The Youth Sports Games (also known as Plasma Youth Sports Games for sponsorship reasons) are organised amateur sports competitions for children and youth...
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The Amateur Sports Association (Italian: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica "Sport in Vaticano") is an Italian sports association of employees who work...
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In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore...
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are a variety of sports in Nebraska. Private organizations, colleges and universities, and other clubs across the state that offer sports throughout Nebraska...
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1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last century Some sports, especially ice hockey, ringette...
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This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower...
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illegal under the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) for states to authorize legal sports betting, hence making it effectively...
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Spectator sport (redirect from Spectator sports)
competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are more recreational...
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Professional amateur may refer to: Pro–am (professional–amateur), a level of play between amateur and professional in sports Amateur professionalism...
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Lennox Lewis (category BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners)
December 2015. Amateur Sports, The Gazette (Montreal), 21 February 1983, p. 38. Nack, William (1 February 1993). "The Great Brit Hope". Sports Illustrated...
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professional sports photography is a branch of photojournalism, while amateur sports photography, such as photos of children playing association football...
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clubs in Greece. While it fields teams in many sports under the umbrella of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK (Greek: Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ; Erasitechnikί AEK)...
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team sports in Hawaii are characterised by youth, collegial and amateur teams over professional teams, although some professional teams sports teams...
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Brookside Stadium (category Sports venues in Cleveland)
hosting a series of amateur baseball championships in the early 20th century which set a variety of attendance records for amateur sports. The natural amphitheater...
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Amateur boxing is the variant of boxing practiced in clubs and associations around the world, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth...
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Sport in Gdańsk (redirect from Sports in Gdansk)
There are many popular professional sports team in the Gdańsk and Tricity area. Amateur sports are played by thousands of Gdańsk citizens and also in schools...
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"amateur professional" order this time) by presenting it at TEDGlobal 2005. The idea is distinct from the sports term "pro–am" (professional–amateur)...
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The IFBB Pro Arnold Sports Festival, also known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, is an annual multi-sport event consisting of professional...
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