A professional who participates in professional competitive athletic events, such as football, boxing, and hockey, to entertain audience. Responsibilities include:

• Exercises and practices under direction of athletic trainer or coach, professional athletes to train for sport.
• Plays game and engages in sport conforming to established rules and regulations.
• Athletes are identified according to professional sport in which engaged.
• May speak, as representative of team or professional sports club, to groups involved in activities, such as sports clinics and fund raisers.