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<blockquote data-quote="DrDuck" data-source="post: 594276" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>I think davent and Mbasko have it right. In English usage amateur does not have so much of a pejorative sense to it. Remember that for years gentlemen cricket players were proudly amateurs, even at county and test level. It was the professionals, who got paid to play cricket, who were looked down upon, a function of the class system in the UK. It wasn't till 1952 that Len Hutton became the first professional to captain England in a test match, and the distinction between professionals and amateurs was eventually abolished in English cricket in 1963. Same went for sportsmen and women particularly at the Olympics and Commonwealth games as well as golf and tennis who were all amateurs originally. </p><p></p><p>There were also amateur teams in UK soccer back in the 1900's, teams with both amateur and professional players, and even matches for amateurs vs professionals. To this day Queen's Park Football Club in Glasgow are currently the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDuck, post: 594276, member: 158"] I think davent and Mbasko have it right. In English usage amateur does not have so much of a pejorative sense to it. Remember that for years gentlemen cricket players were proudly amateurs, even at county and test level. It was the professionals, who got paid to play cricket, who were looked down upon, a function of the class system in the UK. It wasn't till 1952 that Len Hutton became the first professional to captain England in a test match, and the distinction between professionals and amateurs was eventually abolished in English cricket in 1963. Same went for sportsmen and women particularly at the Olympics and Commonwealth games as well as golf and tennis who were all amateurs originally. There were also amateur teams in UK soccer back in the 1900's, teams with both amateur and professional players, and even matches for amateurs vs professionals. To this day Queen's Park Football Club in Glasgow are currently the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League. [/QUOTE]
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