why is softball only in collage? why not pro.? or olympics? softball has been taken out of the olympics. what are we suppost to do atfer collage? just do nothing? i think it's because we are girls. girls don't get half of what guys do! so why is softball not talked about?
2006-06-20 07:37:49 · 6 answers · asked by tigger 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
There isn't that large of a fan base for the pros. We used to go to the games and virtually no one was there in the stands. I think that they should have left softball in the olympics. Softball has always been a hot topic of the olympics. Since I have graduated from college, I had to hang up my glove. Damn, it hurt so bad. Now all I have to look forward to is the NCAA championships to watch each May. I tried coaching varsity high school softball, but the girls didn't have the heart that I had for the sport and it was just too frustrating. The problem is that people like watching men play sports more so than women. What's sad is that I have to listen to my boyfriend say that MLB is much harder than Fastpitch softball. It really pisses me off. I think that ESPN has noticed that they get great ratings during NCAA championships, so now they might play the National games. I have a couple of friends that played pro in Akron, but they didn't get paid good and the fan base was not great.
2006-06-21 15:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 9⤊ 2⤋
There is professional softball. I took my daughters to a camp headed by Jennie Finch former pro softball pitcher and they had the opportunity to train with some of the professional women softball players. Unfortunately there is no women's sports that is so talked about as men's. However, on the positive side, the women that play - play because they love the game and they honestly enjoy working with young girls and being a good role model. Boys, unfortunately do not have as many positive role models in sports.
If interested here is the website for the professional women's softball league.
http://www.profastpitch.com/
Unfortunately it was just in last olympics that they removed softball as a sport in the olympics - there are many that are trying to get it back in.
As an aside - in a talk with Jennie - she stated how she pitched to some professional men's baseball players and they of course all thought they would hit the daylights out of a girl. Nope couldn't hit off her fast pitch.
2013-12-11 18:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is really sad that they took softball out of the 2012 Olympics, but I think that the US Olympic Committee and the International Softball Federation will a make a giant push to get softball reinstated for the 2016 Olympics.
There is a professional league, the National Pro Fastpitch, and they currently have seven teams. Visit their website at http://www.profastpitch.com/ and there is also the PFX, http://www.pfxtour.com/ , which Lisa Fernandez is like the leader of. Many softball players also go to Europe and Japan to play softball. For instance Michele Smith who plays professional softball in Japan.
2006-06-20 20:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by isawyoulaughing 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's ridiculous that young women who play softball their entire lives, as I have for 11 years, have nothing to look forward to. No more olympics, and definitely no professional career. I mean...how ridiculous can we be as a society? Why are men's sports more important!??! Our society has always been a male dominated one, but as for the reason...I'm not sure. Maybe because women have had a difficult time standing up for themselves. Whatever the reason, we've got to conquer it!
2006-06-20 16:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
i happen to like softball and i talk about it all the time. i used to play it...but that was in high-school.
2006-06-20 14:42:43 · answer #5 · answered by Joe'z 1st luv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idk.
2006-06-20 18:18:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jeremy 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋