professional sports league
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concept
A professional sports league is an organized association of teams or athletes that schedules and governs competitive events at the highest level of play, typically offering salaries, standardized rules, and commercialized entertainment.
Aliases (12)
- sports organization ×44
- professional baseball league ×12
- ice hockey league ×11
- professional ice hockey league ×11
- professional American football league ×5
- professional women's soccer league ×3
- top-tier sports league ×3
- American football league ×2
- National Football League organization ×1
- esports league ×1
- professional tennis league ×1
- women's sports league ×1
Instances (126)
- NBA 2K League ("esports league")
- AL ("professional baseball league")
- English Football League ("sports organization")
- National Independent Soccer Association ("sports organization")
- National Hockey League
- USL League One ("sports organization")
- National Hockey Association ("professional ice hockey league")
- Women’s National Basketball Association
- National Premier Soccer League ("sports organization")
- Deutsche Eishockey Liga ("professional ice hockey league")
- Scottish Professional Football League ("sports organization")
- Kontinental Hockey League ("professional ice hockey league")
- Boston Athletic Association ("sports organization")
- Rice University Department of Athletics ("sports organization")
- Central League ("professional baseball league")
- European Olympic Committees ("sports organization")
- American League ("professional baseball league")
- National Football League
- National Basketball Association
- Negro National League ("professional baseball league")
- Negro American League
- NFL Management Council ("National Football League organization")
- USA Basketball ("sports organization")
- Florida Complex League ("professional baseball league")
- Dominican Summer League ("professional baseball league")
- National Council of Youth Sports ("sports organization")
- Ultimate Fighting Championship ("sports organization")
- Nippon Professional Baseball ("professional baseball league")
- Soviet Championship League ("ice hockey league")
- La Liga
- Saudi Pro League
- Russian Superleague ("ice hockey league")
- International Hockey League ("ice hockey league")
- Canadian Premier League ("top-tier sports league")
- A-League (1995–2004)
- Serie A
- Liga MX
- Canadian-American Hockey League ("professional ice hockey league")
- USA Baseball ("sports organization")
- Swedish Hockey League ("professional ice hockey league")
- MLS Next Pro ("sports organization")
- International Hockey League ("ice hockey league")
- United Soccer Leagues ("sports organization")
- Pacific League ("professional baseball league")
- National Association of Basketball Coaches ("sports organization")
- CIS ("sports organization")
- CIAU ("sports organization")
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ("sports organization")
- World TeamTennis ("professional tennis league")
- American Football League
- USL First Division
- American Hockey League
- World Football League ("professional American football league")
- East Coast Hockey League ("professional ice hockey league")
- Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ("sports organization")
- Canadian Football League
- CFL
- Bowl Coalition ("sports organization")
- PDL ("sports organization")
- EFL League Two
- Women's Professional Soccer ("professional women's soccer league")
- Mark Parsons ("professional women's soccer league")
- PGA Tour ("sports organization")
- NL ("sports organization")
- USL Second Division
- World Hockey Association ("professional ice hockey league")
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee ("sports organization")
- SM-liiga ("ice hockey league")
- Swiss National League ("professional ice hockey league")
- World Snooker Tour ("sports organization")
- Ligue 1
- National Rugby League
- National Football Conference ("sports organization")
- AFL
- Super Rugby
- USL Super League ("professional women's soccer league")
- USL League Two ("sports organization")
- DEL2 ("ice hockey league")
- Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ("sports organization")
- ECHL ("professional ice hockey league")
- USFL (United States Football League) ("professional American football league")
- NISA ("sports organization")
- Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ("sports organization")
- National League ("sports organization")
- XFL ("professional American football league")
- Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ("sports organization")
- Slovak Extraliga ("ice hockey league")
- Southern League ("professional baseball league")
- NHA ("ice hockey league")
- EFL League Two and National League
- DEL ("professional ice hockey league")
- Eishockey-Bundesliga ("ice hockey league")
- National Women's Soccer League
- Ontario Professional Hockey League ("professional ice hockey league")
- Western League ("professional baseball league")
- Alliance of American Football ("professional American football league")
- Western Hockey League ("sports organization")
- European Professional Football Leagues ("sports organization")
- Major League Baseball
- Major League Soccer
- National League ("professional baseball league")