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Parity (sports), the Glossary

In sports, parity is participating teams having roughly equivalent levels of talent.^[1]

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The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a major professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Auto racing

Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

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B.League

The B.League is a professional men's basketball league in Japan that began play in September 2016.

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Balance of performance

In sports car racing, balance of performance (BoP) is a regulation and mechanism that maintains parity between competing vehicles by adjusting the limits and parameters of a vehicle such as horsepower, weight, engine management, and aerodynamics to prevent a single manufacturer from becoming dominant in a racing class or series.

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Baltimore Stallions

The Baltimore Stallions (known officially as the "Baltimore Football Club" and previously as the "Baltimore CFL Colts" in its inaugural season) were a Canadian Football League team based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons.

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Big Three (Portugal)

The Big Three (Os Três Grandes) is the nickname of the three most successful and biggest football clubs in Portugal.

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Bill Belichick

William Stephen Belichick (born April 16, 1952) is an American sports analyst and football coach.

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Blackwater Bossing

The Blackwater Bossing is a professional basketball team owned by Ever Bilena, Inc. that is playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) beginning in the 2014–2015 season.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic, is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland.

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Draft (sports)

A draft is a process used in some countries (especially in North America) and sports (especially in closed leagues) to allocate certain players to teams. Parity (sports) and draft (sports) are sports terminology.

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Dynasty (sports)

In sports, a dynasty is a team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time. Parity (sports) and dynasty (sports) are sports terminology.

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Expansion team

An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Parity (sports) and expansion team are sports terminology.

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Freak show fight

In kickboxing and mixed martial arts (MMA), "freak show fight" is an idiom for a bout featuring a deep disparity in skill, experience or weight between the fighters.

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Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco.

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Grey Cup

The Grey Cup (Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football.

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List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players

Major League Baseball (MLB) does not have a hard salary cap, instead employing a luxury tax which applies to teams whose total payroll exceeds certain set thresholds for a given season.

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List of largest sports contracts

This is a list of the largest sports contracts.

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List of NFL franchise post-season droughts

This is a list of current National Football League (NFL) franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not winning).

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Luxury tax (sports)

A luxury tax in professional sports is a surcharge put on the aggregate payroll of a team to the extent to which it exceeds a predetermined guideline level set by the league.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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NBA Finals

The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Old Firm

The Old Firm is a collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers, which are both based in Glasgow.

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Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, officially known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system.

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In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams can move up and down between multiple divisions arranged in a hierarchical structure, based on their performance over a season. Parity (sports) and promotion and relegation are sports terminology.

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Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership (Scots Gaelic: Prìomh Lìog na h-Alba) known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_(sports)

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