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Title of "President of the United States" based on Cricket term?

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I have heard that the term of "President" in "President of the United States" was based on Cricket, in that a team leader or captain or what-have-you was called the team's "president", and its use in cricket and the history of cricket in the United States is what influenced the American Founding Fathers to use the name "president" many times in their history. Even this Smithsonian article brought it up: "Indeed, the game came up in the debate over what to call the new nation's head of state: John Adams noted disapprovingly—and futilely—that "there are presidents of fire companies and cricket clubs."" Is there any actual proof behind this idea, or is this just some tall tale history that everyone just accepts because someone else said it was true? And if it is true, should it not be added to this article? I mean, I would add it myself, but I want to get a general consensus about it first. Thanks! -- KimJaeKwangFCI (talk) 05:43, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, KimJaeKwangFCI. It sounds a very unlikely theory, but even if a consensus did appear here, there would still need to be a reliable source for it. There are some comments by Mark Forsyth on the subject here which are helpful and do not mention it. He says "There were occasional presidents of little colonial councils and bits of government, but it was really a nothing title." I was reminded of Elihu Yale, one of the founders of Yale College, who had been President of Madras - only guessing, but a governmental use is surely more likely than one in sport. But the crunch question is what the RS say. Moonraker (talk) 02:52, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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