Semi-Pro Teams

[GrandOldTeam]

What defines one?

I know the difference between Semi-Pro and Pro - but what defines Semi-Pro from amateur?

 

[Goat]

Possibly proper contracts and wages.

Dunno.

 

[Azzbot]

Isn't amatuer play for nothing, semi pro you play for like a blue square side, and go back to your day job on Monday?

In Ireland all the Hurling players are semi pro, well very few are professional - my Grandad pointed one out in Ireland walking up the street with one of them street cleaning contraptions

 

[DENNIS STEVENS]

back in the days of the maximum wage a lot of decent players refused to turn fully pofessional as they were much better off playing semi-pro - they'd have their normal wage & then top it up with almost as much as a professional footballer, sometimes more!

 

[Rugby Toffee]

I used to play for Racing Club Warwick in the old Midland combination league. We were classed as Semi-Pro. We were paid IRC about £30 - £50 per game,but had a full time job Mind you that was in the late 80's. Amateur is playing for nothing.

 

[Cahill's Metatarsal]

Yeah, amateur is not getting any money for playing (I remember Hassan Kachloul being caught up in a debate about whether he was paid despite being classed as an amateur when he went to Scotland for a short while), semi-pro is a small wage to supplement your income from another job. I know a lad who used to be a semi-pro for Accrington Stanley (exactly) & he was paid a few quid a week for playing & going to training a few nights a week before they became professional & the players quit their other jobs to play full time & were paid enough to be able to do so