s and professionalization, is a professional athlete a professional worker? Why or why not? Are athletes in some fields more professional than others?...

relative to professionals and professionalization, is a professional athlete a professional worker? Why or why not? Are athletes in some fields more professional than others? Does your answer change if you approach it from a conflict versus a structural-functional perspective?

please also add  two academic, peer-reviewed, scholarly sources for references, links are helpful too 

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