amateurs

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The so-called secondary draft, which was discontinued six years later, was specifically targeted toward winter high school graduates, junior college players, college dropouts and amateurs who had been previously drafted but did not sign.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The NBA draft—like its counterparts in the NFL and MLB—is designed to help the weakest teams, by sending the top amateurs their way to jump-start a rebuild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But when unpaid amateurs climb together, things becomes murkier.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Unlike in 1980, when a group of ragtag American amateurs took down the Soviet Union’s red machine, this iteration of Team USA was built to win by relying on merit, not divine intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

As with the search for extraterrestrial life today, the unbridled speculation of amateurs had frightened many professionals out of the field.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan