Talk:Professionalism in association football

The Scotch Professors

User:GiantSnowman, I think it's important to put the Scotch Professors under "See also" because it's an example of a mass exodus of "amateur" players from Scotland to England in order to gain professional status and get paid for their efforts.

Also, in those days, Scotland was actually the best national team in the world, and those players not only brought a new style of play into England, but allowed clubs such as Preston, Sunderland, and Liverpool to establish themselves and shift dominance from Southern to Northern clubs.

Basically, it's the first significant chapter in the history of professional football. The fact football became more of a combination game, and the dominance of northern clubs in English football, are both results of that. Maxim.il89 (talk) 11:48, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

'Scotch Professors' is already linked in the article. Giant Snowman 13:29, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Professionals

The article does not really explain what a professional footballer means. Is it someone who studied football? Someone who played at highest level? Someone who is receiving wages? Is it someone who meets certain qualifications, and by who? For example, in Soviet Union, the professionals were considered to be those sportsmen who competed in international competitions. Yet they all had a day-job, unless they reached a level of Master of Sport and were employed in their specialty. You also hear a term semi-professional league - also something that this article could clarify. Wolfmartyn (talk) 16:07, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]