professionalization
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Others, especially in the six states that still restrict NIL activity before college, think allowing teenage athletes to cash in on their personal brands takes the increasing professionalization of amateur sports too far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
I think you also have, as this is all happening, a kind of professionalization of the Supreme Court.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“He was really instrumental in the professionalization of artists at MGM,” assistant curator Michaëla Mohrmann said of Gibson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was great that the Times covered the latest round in the professionalization of amateur sports so effectively, but the question remains: Under the new regime, will they stay with it?
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
For officers, professionalization meant more training and implied a higher standard of on-the-job conduct.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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