Professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports
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Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in various sports. They generally have lesser fan bases, much smaller revenues and salaries, and are used to develop players for bigger leagues.
The minor league concept is a manifestation of the franchise system used in North American sports, whereby the group of major league teams in each sport is fixed for long periods between expansions or other adjustments, which only take place with the consent of the major league owners. In Europe, and many other parts of the world, association football (soccer), basketball, american football, baseball, handball, hockey, etc. leagues have many divisions below the top-flight level as part of the football pyramid. In other parts of the world there is usually either a system of annual promotion and relegation, meaning that clubs have no fixed status in the hierarchy, or there is only one professional league per country in each sport, rendering the major/minor distinction irrelevant.
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Carolina, concluding on July 30, 2023. In 2021, the development league for MLC, MinorLeague Cricket (MiLC), completed its inaugural season, which was contested...
professional baseball game, such as within MinorLeague Baseball, Negro league baseball, professional leagues outside of North America (such as Nippon Professional...
African Americans from league play. The first league, the National Colored Base Ball League, was organized strictly as a minorleague but failed in 1887 after...
Below is a partial list of minorleague baseball players in the Cleveland Guardians system. Franco Alemán (born June 26, 2000) is a Cuban professional...
relegation. MinorLeague Baseball International League (Class AAA) Pacific Coast League (Class AAA) Eastern League (Class AA) Southern League (Class AA)...
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of seven MinorLeague Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Four teams are owned by the major league club, while...
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consists of six MinorLeague Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Three teams are owned by the major league club, while...
league is a professional baseball league in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball or its affiliated MinorLeague Baseball...
same-city franchise in both Major League Baseball and all of American professional sports. An extensive minorleague baseball system covers most mid-sized...
Below are the rosters of the minorleague affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (born October 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball...
GreenJackets Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves farm system consists of six MinorLeague Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic...
of seven MinorLeague Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Five teams are owned by the major league club, while...
The California League is a MinorLeague Baseball league that operates in California. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence...
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USA also participate in national championships. Minor hockey is not to be confused with minorleague professional hockey. In Canada, the age categories...
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