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GCSE History · key term
Taking part in sport for payment, rather than solely as an unpaid pastime.
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Revise: Development of SportRugby union eventually accepted professionalism at the end of the twentieth century, removing the amateur–professional barrier but not ending the existence of two separate codes.
Use precise supporting examples, such as the Football Association accepting professionalism in 1885 and the rugby split in 1895.
Rugby union's eventual acceptance of professionalism did not reunite rugby union and rugby league into a single game.
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