For example, amateur athletes in sports such as basketball, baseball or football are regarded as having a lower level of ability than professional athletes.

For most fighters, an amateur career, especially at the Olympics, serves to develop skills and gain experience in preparation for a professional career.

For his professional work he was bestowed the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Psychology by the APA in 1972.

For each problem, the Institute had a professional mathematician write up an official statement of the problem, which will be the main standard by which a given solution will be measured against.

For the next ten years he covered the New York Giants and professional boxing for the New York American.

For the next two years Eugene continued to perform with distinction on campaign, and establish himself as a dedicated, professional soldier ; by the end of 1685, still only 22 years old, he was made a Major-General.

She made her professional feature film debut in Three For The Road with Charlie Sheen.

For instance, a professional modification of a production sports car into a racing machine would not be considered a hack-job, but a cobbled together backyard mechanic's result could be.

For much of history and in many cultures, enlisting professional teachers ( whether as tutors or in a formal academic setting ) was an option available only to a small elite.

For the purpose of facilitating jointly sponsored activities and jointly pursuing the objectives of the IMU, multinational mathematical societies and professional societies can join IMU as an Affiliate Member.

For example, professional liability insurance in reference to the medical profession may be called medical malpractice insurance.

For example, a professional ball player that does well in his / her sport is rewarded individually for excellent performance.

For this career, he used his real name,, and maintained the two professional identities separately for many years.

For director Don Siegel, Marvin appeared in The Killers ( 1964 ) playing an efficient professional assassin alongside Clu Gulager.

For both interpretations, the term generally refers to matters not relating to the professional, vocational, or technical curricula.

For most of their early history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total games won.

For example, in order to become a fully qualified teaching professional in Hong Kong working in a state or government-funded school, one needs to have successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (" PGDE ") or a Bachelor's degree in Education (" BEd ") at an approved tertiary educational institution or university.

For most of its history, women and men would rarely compete against each other in professional wrestling, as it was deemed to be unfair and unchivalrous.

For various reasons, individuals may object to personal information such as their religion, sexual orientation, political affiliations, or personal activities being revealed, perhaps to avoid discrimination, personal embarrassment, or damage to their professional reputations.

For the next three years, Peckinpah remained a professional outcast.

For example, the Canadian Guild for Erotic Labour calls for the legalization of sex work, the elimination of state regulations that are more repressive than those imposed on other workers and businesses, the right to recognition and protection under labour and employment laws, the right to form and join professional associations or unions, and the right to legally cross borders to work.

For the first time in history, the federal government had attempted to desegregate a professional sports team.

For other scientific and professional disciplines addressing complexity in their fields see the complex systems article and references.

For a while, he maintained a circle of contacts and emigré friends from Russia, but he eventually found that this did not sustain his intellectual and professional life.

For professional baseball's founding year, Major League Baseball ( professional baseball's current official organization ) uses 1869 — the year the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was established — and held official celebrations for professional baseball's 100th anniversary in 1969 and its 125th anniversary in 1994, both of which were commemorated with league-wide shoulder patches.

For instance, basketball legend, Michael Jordan became an active entrepreneur involved with many sports related ventures including investing a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, Paul Newman started his own salad dressing business after leaving behind a distinguished acting career, or rap musician, Birdman started his own record label, clothing line, and an oil business.

For example, the shooting percentage in basketball is a descriptive statistic that summarizes the performance of a player or a team.

For the U. S. college basketball coach, go to Warren Mitchell ( basketball ).

For instance, basketball team members are chosen based on their family's economic status rather than on their ability.

For example, suppose a basketball team has 10 players and wants to know how many ways there are of selecting 8.

For the first time ever, young girls could now look at the WNBA as an opportunity for basketball to continue after college.

For hockey, the Garden seats 18, 200 ; for basketball, 19, 763 ; and for concerts 20, 000 center stage, 19, 522 end-stage.

" For instance, " Super Dunk " allows a basketball player to make an incredible dunk from nearly anywhere on the court, " Leap Frog " allows a football player to jump over the entire defensive line, and " Ice Cream Truck " causes the other team to be completely distracted for a brief period of time.

For De Pue High School, the school offers boys and girls basketball, soccer, girls volleyball, cheerleading, and track.

** For the sports-minded there are three baseball fields, two soccer fields, four tennis courts, basketball courts, putting green and a playground.

For recreation, Hilliard has two pools ( west and east ), a Municipal Center / Senior Center next to the west pool, YMCA, and many public baseball and soccer fields, as well as basketball and tennis courts.

: For the basketball coach, see Glen Rose.

For example, he gets Oscar to be an Ice Cream man at a basketball game, which leads to one of the cheerleaders asking Oscar out on a date.

For decades the Chuck Taylor All Star basketball shoe only came in black, with a white variant released in 1947.

For example, basketball team, Boston Celtics, in the USA incorporate the shamrock in their logo and the US cereal, Lucky Charms, uses it on the product's mascot and as a shape in the cereal itself.

For example, volleyball, basketball, rugby union, table tennis, and so on.

For instance, Tennis, Rugby, Formula One, baseball, basketball, cricket, field hockey, football ( association, gridiron, rugby league and rugby union ), and ice hockey are spectator sports, while hunting or underwater hockey typically are not.

For the academic year of 2011, women's volleyball, and men's and women's basketball, have all been added to the campus.

For many years the name “ Paladins ” just referred to Furman ’ s basketball team.

For a person going to a basketball game, its opportunity cost is the money and time expended, say that would have been spent watching a particular television program.

For the season 2012-2013, and after several economic problems, the team will play play in the Spanish women basketball second division.