city leagues

Municipal cooperative organizations

City leagues are recreational sports leagues organized at the municipal level, typically for adult amateurs.

They offer structured competition in sports like softball, basketball, or soccer without the intensity of professional or college athletics.

He plays in a city league on Thursday nights.

The term sometimes appears in figurative comparisons about skill level: That's city league stuff—implying something amateur or unimpressive.

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Organized paid competitive sports

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