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Date Posted: 10:27:21 09/14/19 Sat
Author: Ted
Author Host/IP: 72.238.244.170
Subject: Re: Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA)
In reply to: 's message, "Re: Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA)" on 19:14:22 09/13/19 Fri

>I'll be honest, I've come into a lot of debates about
>what "semi-pro" actually means.

There really is nothing to debate on this, as it is quite clear.

>My understanding has
>always been that "pro" means that you get paid for
>participating. So NFL, CFL, Arena, AAF, XFL, UFSL,
>UFL, WFL, etc. all qualify as pro because they pay the
>players. Semi-pro is where you don't get paid.

Not getting paid is called amateur.

>I think
>that if a league pays you, no matter how much it is,
>you're considered a pro, as one becomes a
>"professional" once you're paid. As an example, if you
>play video games, you're not a pro gamer unless you
>get paid/sponsored. Otherwise you're just playing
>games. I think that's true for all professions.

Just because someone has the word "pro" in front of what they do (like a gamer), doesn't necessarily mean they are indeed a professional.

>I find
>it odd that most people I talk to consider semi-pro
>anything not the NFL.

Because right now, that IS the case. But don't take my word for it, look at what Wikipedia has to say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-professional_sports

Or see what Merriam-Webster has to say on this:
semiprofessional adjective

Definition of semiprofessional (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : engaging in an activity for pay or gain but not as a full-time occupation

That last part is the key. NOT AS A FULL-TIME OCCUPATION. As such, the LFA most certainly IS a semi-pro league, since players only make $600 a year. That is not enough to live on for a full year, so all LFA players must have other employment to survive financially. NFL players do not need other jobs.

>If you played in the
>AAF, you played in pro football.

Correct. At $83,000 a year (planned, since the league had issues even finishing), AAF players could live off of that income, making them full professionals. LFA? Not so much. The XFL will be a professional league as well, albeit a minor league.

>I think most people think that NFL has the monopoly on
>the term as they are the most popular pro league and I
>think that's where most people get confused.

The only one confused here is you. This is a simple. Semi-pro (part time job), professional (full time job).

>And I
>would think that the LFA is a pro league as they pay
>their players and, as far as I can tell, are the only
>pro league in Mexico.

If you can't make it a full time job, it is semi-pro. The U.S. has quite a few semi-pro football leagues. No one would ever confuse them for being professional leagues.

>I just thought I'd open up a dialogue about the
>confusion over semi-pro.

There is no confusion about this. Here's another dictionary for you to look at if you didn't like the previous one:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/semiprofessional

sem·i·pro·fes·sion·al (sĕm′ē-prə-fĕsh′ə-nəl, sĕm′ī-)
adj.
1. Taking part in a sport for pay but not on a full-time basis.

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