Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
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北米4大プロスポーツリーグ（ほくべいよんだいプロスポーツリーグ、英: Big Four）は、北アメリカのアメリカ合衆国とカナダにおいて人気・経営規模で団体競技の頂点に位置する4つのプロスポーツリーグである。フットボールのナショナルフットボールリーグ（NFL）、ベースボールのメジャーリーグベースボール（MLB）、バスケットボールのナショナルバスケットボールアソシエーション（NBA）、アイスホッケーのナショナルホッケーリーグ（NHL）がこれに該当する。NFL・NHLには32チーム、MLB・NBAには30チームが加盟している。 競技全体としての人気では、アメリカ合衆国内においてサッカーがアイスホッケーを既に上回っており、アイスホッケーに取って代わり、サッカーを4大スポーツの一つに数えてもよいという意見もあるが、1プロリーグ単位ではメジャーリーグサッカー（MLS）のチーム数や収益などにおいて、4大プロスポーツリーグにまだ遠く及ばないのが現状である。この用語を使用するのは通常スポーツリーグチームの時に限定されているため、個人競技であるゴルフ、テニス、自動車競技などは用いることはないが、ゴルフのPGAツアーと自動車競技のNASCARはファンの多さや競争レベルの高さから4大プロスポーツリーグ並の主要な競技として扱われ、匹敵する報道量を誇っている。
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北美職業體育聯賽（英語：Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada），可以被簡稱為「大聯盟」（Major leagues）或「北美四大職業運動」，是指美國和加拿大中級別最高的職業團隊運動。然而這術語往往僅限於使用在團體運動中，因此並不使用於高爾夫球、網球和賽車這類競賽活動上。 美國職棒大聯盟、國家籃球協會、國家美式足球聯盟、國家冰球聯盟通常被稱為「四巨頭」，並且為全世界所有運動中最為富有的職業團隊競賽。四大聯盟最好的球員往往可以被美國與加拿大社會視為一種，並且由於這兩個國家在世界上的影響力，也使得他們得以受到許多其他國家的愛好者關注。絕大多數北美職業體育聯賽的球隊都集中在美、加人口最多的大都市地區，並且每個聯賽也都擁有至少30支球隊參與。根據2011年統計，平均每場主要聯賽的比賽都會成功吸引至少15,000名球迷觀看。
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The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada commonly refer to the highest men's professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues traditionally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Le cosiddette "Big Four" league sono, negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, le più alte divisioni professionistiche degli sport di squadra. Il termine venne per la prima volta usato nel 1921 in riferimento alla Major League Baseball, il più alto livello del baseball americano, e, per molti anni major leagues o the majors furono termini riferiti esclusivamente al baseball. Nel Nord America le massime leghe sportive generalmente riconosciute sono la Major League Baseball (MLB), la National Football League (NFL), la National Basketball Association (NBA), e la National Hockey League (NHL).
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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
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The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada commonly refer to the highest men's professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues traditionally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL are commonly referred to as the "Big Four." Each of these is the wealthiest professional club competition in its sport worldwide, and along with the English Premier League they make up the top five sports leagues by revenue in the world. In addition, the sports of these four leagues were all developed in their modern forms in North America, and all except American football have become popular internationally. Because the leagues enjoy a significant place in popular culture in the U.S. and Canada, the best players from these leagues often become cultural icons in both countries. Each of the Big Four leagues, as well as Major League Soccer and the Canadian Football League, averages at least 15,000 fans in attendance per game as of 2018. The two indoor leagues, the NHL and NBA, play in arenas that average under 19,000 seats, resulting in the CFL holding the third highest average attendance of the six leagues, at close to 24,000 per game, after the NFL and MLB. The Big Four leagues currently have 30–32 teams each, most of which are concentrated in the most populous metropolitan areas of the United States and Canada. Unlike the promotion and relegation systems used in sports leagues in various other regions around the world, North American sports leagues are closed leagues that maintain the same teams from season-to-season. Expansion of the league usually occurs by adding newly formed teams, though mergers with competing leagues have also occurred. Teams do not leave the league unless they are disbanded (which has not happened since 1954) or merged with another team (which has not happened since 1978). Relocation can change the name of a team, but it is generally still considered to be the same entity. Baseball, American football, and ice hockey have had professional leagues continuously for over 100 years; early leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, Ohio League, and National Hockey Association formed the basis of the modern MLB, NFL, and NHL, respectively. Basketball was invented in 1891, and its first professional league formed in the 1920s. The Basketball Association of America, founded in 1946, formed the basis of the NBA in 1949 and has lasted for over 75 years. Soccer (or association football) was first professionalized in 1894, but leagues suffered greatly from lack of sustainability and seldom lasted more than a decade. The sport's greatest successes were in the form of the American Soccer League (1921–1933), the original North American Soccer League (1968–1984) or NASL, and, currently, Major League Soccer (1996–present). MLS is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide. The term "major league" is usually limited to professional team sports. Individual professional sports competitions such as PGA Tour golf and NASCAR Cup Series auto racing are also very popular and serve as those sports' most prominent competitions with levels of media coverage, competition, and fan following comparable to the major professional team sports. Amateur competitions such as college football and college basketball, at the upper echelons, also enjoy strong media coverage and fan followings but are generally recognized as inferior to the major professional leagues in level of play because of the inherent limits of the amateur sports system.
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北米4大プロスポーツリーグ（ほくべいよんだいプロスポーツリーグ、英: Big Four）は、北アメリカのアメリカ合衆国とカナダにおいて人気・経営規模で団体競技の頂点に位置する4つのプロスポーツリーグである。フットボールのナショナルフットボールリーグ（NFL）、ベースボールのメジャーリーグベースボール（MLB）、バスケットボールのナショナルバスケットボールアソシエーション（NBA）、アイスホッケーのナショナルホッケーリーグ（NHL）がこれに該当する。NFL・NHLには32チーム、MLB・NBAには30チームが加盟している。 競技全体としての人気では、アメリカ合衆国内においてサッカーがアイスホッケーを既に上回っており、アイスホッケーに取って代わり、サッカーを4大スポーツの一つに数えてもよいという意見もあるが、1プロリーグ単位ではメジャーリーグサッカー（MLS）のチーム数や収益などにおいて、4大プロスポーツリーグにまだ遠く及ばないのが現状である。この用語を使用するのは通常スポーツリーグチームの時に限定されているため、個人競技であるゴルフ、テニス、自動車競技などは用いることはないが、ゴルフのPGAツアーと自動車競技のNASCARはファンの多さや競争レベルの高さから4大プロスポーツリーグ並の主要な競技として扱われ、匹敵する報道量を誇っている。
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Le cosiddette "Big Four" league sono, negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, le più alte divisioni professionistiche degli sport di squadra. Il termine venne per la prima volta usato nel 1921 in riferimento alla Major League Baseball, il più alto livello del baseball americano, e, per molti anni major leagues o the majors furono termini riferiti esclusivamente al baseball. Nel Nord America le massime leghe sportive generalmente riconosciute sono la Major League Baseball (MLB), la National Football League (NFL), la National Basketball Association (NBA), e la National Hockey League (NHL). Altre leghe maggiori includono la Major League Soccer (MLS), la Canadian Football League (CFL), la Indoor Football League (IFL), la National Lacrosse League (NLL), Major League Lacrosse (MLL), la Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) e la (NWHL). Le "Major leagues" sono complementate diverse dalle Minor leagues o leghe minori: esse consistono nelle divisioni inferiori della gerarchia sportiva, paragonabili alle Serie B o campionati giovanili europei con un'importante differenza: diversamente dalle altre leghe sportive del mondo, a eccezione delle leghe australiane, quelle negli Stati Uniti e in Canada non usano il sistema della promozione e retrocessione: le loro strutture sono piuttosto caratterizzate dall'uso delle franchigie a sistema chiuso. Esistono infine le Amateur leagues, campionati dilettantistici nelle quali gli atleti non percepiscono un salario. Da notare che il termine "major league" è limitato agli sport di squadra, sebbene alcuni sport individuali come il golf, tennis e le gare automobilistiche siano molto popolari, con PGA, ATP, WTA, Indycar, e NASCAR.
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北美職業體育聯賽（英語：Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada），可以被簡稱為「大聯盟」（Major leagues）或「北美四大職業運動」，是指美國和加拿大中級別最高的職業團隊運動。然而這術語往往僅限於使用在團體運動中，因此並不使用於高爾夫球、網球和賽車這類競賽活動上。 美國職棒大聯盟、國家籃球協會、國家美式足球聯盟、國家冰球聯盟通常被稱為「四巨頭」，並且為全世界所有運動中最為富有的職業團隊競賽。四大聯盟最好的球員往往可以被美國與加拿大社會視為一種，並且由於這兩個國家在世界上的影響力，也使得他們得以受到許多其他國家的愛好者關注。絕大多數北美職業體育聯賽的球隊都集中在美、加人口最多的大都市地區，並且每個聯賽也都擁有至少30支球隊參與。根據2011年統計，平均每場主要聯賽的比賽都會成功吸引至少15,000名球迷觀看。
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