### Question
How is the term professional athlete defined?


### Answer
The term **professional athlete** is defined in *8 U.S.C. § 1182* as the following:

> an individual who is employed as an athlete by—


(aa) a team that is a member of an association of 6 or more professional sports teams whose total combined revenues exceed $10,000,000 per year, if the association governs the conduct of its members and regulates the contests and exhibitions in which its member teams regularly engage

#### Citation:
  - *8 U.S.C. § 1182*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER II-IMMIGRATION > Part II-Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens**

