amateur is not professional which is what this is modelled after. Amateur doesn't get paid, hence the amateur status. You are comparing apples and oranges. So it matters not what happens in the amateur world.

And before someone mentions double-headers and baseball, baseball is a 4 hour game played with a beer in one hand. Football is a game of running, baseball is a game of standing and watching so it is ok to play two games in a row.

And before some baseball hardcore fan says anything, I grew up playing little league baseball, so I know the game and I am dissing it thanks to the last strike (Yankees and Expos were going to be in the world series and they went on strike and lost my support, like anyone cares now, but thats my beef with baseball...dont even get me started on basketball....)