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International team sports, especially where several competing teams take part, are best organized hierarchically in a pyramid of several leagues, with one premier league and many layers of divisions at lower levels, known as the minor leagues. Minor league teams tend to 'play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities, [have] lesser fan bases and smaller budgets'.
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