USSSA Pride leaves NPF
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They clarified they will remain a team and have promised a schedule for rest of the year and 2020.
I figure USSSA may be thinking about running their own pro-league in the South East or partnering with USA Softball to do so.
Going to be interesting.
I figure USSSA may be thinking about running their own pro-league in the South East or partnering with USA Softball to do so.
Going to be interesting.
It's going to be interesting to see if any more teams follow. This two NPF teams leaving in recent years. It smells a lot to me like NPF is about to implode.
And don't forget it is an Olympic year... trying a new pro league after the Olympics has always been popular. And Scrapyard is looking for a league to play in.
NPF is in trouble. Australia and China were using the NPF for Olympic prep so that is 2 more teams that may or may not come back for next season.
NPF is inherently broken... If I was in charge, I would like to see more teams centrally located around select regions. From what I understand, a majority of the teams budget is spent on travel expenses and not player salary. If the teams were more regional, aka South West / Mid West / etc, teams could save money on travel and spend it on player salary. There's more than enough qualified players to make the games interesting... There are so many options, aka premiere league, champions league, etc.. A national championship of all the regions would be fun to watch too. I hope that there is a new future, the game is too good to not have a pro league that is financially sound for the players.
One of the huge turn-offs for me is softball played in a baseball stadium. The visual is terrible, and makes the game look "less". I don't get the same feeling watching college softball.
Related...the biggest softball market in the country isn't represented, either.
Totally agree. It's terrible seeing how far back the actual bases and fences are in baseball. There are so many great softball fields, it would seemingly be easy to ensure these women get a nice field to play on.
Cheri Kempf has killed the NPF. Her #1 and only priority should have been to get the league on TV. If the games are not on TV, the league fails. Period. Everyone understands that but her. Hopefully something new rises from the ashes of the NPF that has better leadership.
I can see cornhole, spike ball, arm wrestling, darts, wheelchair football played in a parking lot, etc. all on TV, but I can't see pro softball? That's ludicrous.
I can see cornhole, spike ball, arm wrestling, darts, wheelchair football played in a parking lot, etc. all on TV, but I can't see pro softball? That's ludicrous.
