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The most prominent and successful organizations in American professional team sports emerged, developed, and matured during the twentieth century. As of 2013, these different groups—from most to least experienced in each sport—include 113-year-old Major League Baseball (MLB), 97-year-old National Hockey League (NHL), 94-year-old National Football League (NFL), 65-year-old National Basketball Association (NBA), and 18-year-old Major League Soccer (MLS).
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For the websites of these American professional sports leagues and specific information about them and their history, see “Major League Baseball” at http://www.mlb.com cited 21 November 2013; “National Hockey League” at http://www.nhl.com cited 21 November 2013; “National Football League” at http://www.nfl.com cited 21 November 2013; “National Basketball Association” at http://www.nba.com cited 21 November 2013; “Major League Soccer” at http://www.mls.com cited 21 November 2013.
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See respectively King (1994); McDonough (1999); Jozsa Jr. and Guthrie Jr. (1999); MacCambridge (2004); Yost (2006); Oriard (2007).
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Jozsa Jr., F. (2014). Introduction. In: National Football League Strategies. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05705-7_1
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