This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. Please help clarify the article. There might be a discussion about this on the talk page.(June 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This is a list of professional sports leagues.
A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams.[clarification needed] They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league. Some are made up of a board of governors that have a commissioner or president, while others are single entity organizations where the league owns the franchises and therefore does not have a board of governors.[clarification needed]
This list attempts to show those sports leagues for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their profession. Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it is still considered professional, or semi-professional. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.
and 29 Related for: List of professional sports leagues information
Major professionalsportsleagues in the United States and Canada traditionally include four leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball...
These are notable sportsleagues which are no longer operating. Tasmanian Football League (TFL, 1879–2000) Victorian Football Association (VFA, 1877–1995)...
Baseball portal Listofprofessionalsportsleagues #Baseball Sport governing body Regulation of sport Outline ofsports#General sports concepts Baseball...
Professionalsportsleagues are organized in numerous ways. The two most significant types are one that developed in Europe, characterized by a tiered...
This is a listof developmental and minor sportsleagues, two concepts which are largely restricted to North American sports. Note that this does not include...
major professionalsportsleagues, or simply major leagues, in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the...
developmental and minor sportsleaguesListofprofessionalsportsleagues#Americas Listof defunct professionalsportsleagues Minor League Baseball rosters...
This article features a listingof all professionalsports teams based in the United States and Canada, in addition to teams from other countries that...
season. League club League system Promotion and relegation Group tournaments Regulation of sport ListofprofessionalsportsleaguesProfessionalsports league...
(BAFA) Association ofProfessional Football Leagues – compact of NFL and three minor leagues, 1946–1948 Listofprofessionalsportsleagues#Football: American...
professional sports teams in eight sports across twenty leagues. Canadian teams compete in top-level American and Canadian-based leagues, including three of the...
number ofprofessional and semi-professionalsports teams in various sports and leagues. Michigan is home to four major-leagueprofessionalsports teams...
Salary cap Gaius Appuleius Diocles Listof most expensive association football transfers Listofprofessionalsportsleagues Contracts in the NFL are often...
the original franchise. Listof developmental and minor sportsleaguesProfessionalsportsleagues in the United States Sports in the United States Schwarz...
Sportsleague Tournament World championship ListofprofessionalsportsleaguesSports governing body Regulation of sport World governing bodies of various...
Global Information