Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tor Arne Andreassen


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The result was   no consensus. No evidence supplied to state whether Andreassen is or is not professional, which would effectively have determined the closure of this AFD. If any ever turns up this can be revisited. Neıl ☎  09:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Tor Arne Andreassen

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Football leagues below tier 1 in Norway are not fully professional, and this player has only played in these not-fully-professional leagues. Punkmorten (talk) 07:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I thought the Adeccoligaen was fully professional? Maybe a few of the promoted clubs are semi-pro, but then, so is K.S.V. Roeselare.  Now if I were to nominate someone who spent his entire career with Germinal Beerschot for deletion based on the grounds that it didn't play in a fully-professional league, it would be rightfully dismissed as a frivolous AfD.  Nonetheless, it raises a contradiction that needs to be discussed.  When Barnet F.C. were first promoted to the Football League half their squad was part-time.  Did that make England's fourth tier no longer notable for players?  I think the Adeccoligaen gets enough coverage and is of a high enough standard to be deemed notable. --Balerion (talk) 17:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd be surprised if more than 2/3 the clubs are fully professional. Hence, the analogy doesn't really hold water. Punkmorten (talk) 12:13, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to confirm this? I know that literally half the Adeccoligaen employs American players who are fully professional. --Balerion (talk) 00:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That one or two players in a squad are professional, doesn't mean that the whole club is, even less so the whole league.. Punkmorten (talk) 17:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I realize that, but do we actually know most of these clubs are semi-pro or are we just operating on your hunch? --Balerion (talk) 01:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 01:08, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to FK Haugesund. Not enough material for own article.  Not sufficiently notable.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


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