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County Championship status[edit]

Are teams that compete in the County Championship professional, amateur, or somewhere in the middle? The article has a category for professional sports leagues, but nothing in the article appears to back up the category. Google searches return nothing but false positives; for some reason lots of webpages talk about both the County Championship and the Professional Golfers Association. 175.39.61.121 (talk) 09:36, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A link in See also implies they are professional. 41.23.55.195 (talk) 10:51, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are professional cricketers. --Viennese Waltz 11:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For some historical context, see Gentlemen v Players, which says that "...on 31 January 1963 after the MCC abolished amateur status, with all first-class cricketers becoming nominally professionals (or "Players")." Alansplodge (talk) 19:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]