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The National Softball Association (NSA) “is a sporting governing body. The NSA gives softball teams the opportunity to play in qualifying tournaments for State, National - Regional and World Series Tournament play. Also in certain NSA qualifying tournaments, teams are able to win a berth into the NSA Super-World Series.
The North American Softball League (NASL) split from the APSPL after the 1979 season, as three teams came to the NASL from the APSPL – Fort Wayne, the Cleveland Stepien's Competitors, owned by Ted Stepien, who served as NASL President, along with the APSPL champion Milwaukee Schlitz.
The 1983 National Collegiate women's slow-pitch softball championship was held in Graham, North Carolina, near Raleigh, on May 5–7.This was the first year after the demise of the AIAW, which had conducted the previous two national title tournaments in 1981 and 1982.
The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is a women's fastpitch softball league with four, currently geographically neutral teams, that'll be assigned home grounds in its 2026 season. As of its 2025 season , the average salary for a player will be $40,000–45,000, with salaries up to $75,000 achievable through bonus payments .
Oct. 24—Last season's State 3A/2A champion slowpitch softball team from Mt. Spokane was a senior-laden crew and used its No. 2 seed to move through the two-day bracket to upend league rival and ...
There are two rule sets for softball generally: slow-pitch softball and fastpitch. Slow-pitch softball is commonly played recreationally, while women's fastpitch softball was a Summer Olympic sport and can be played professionally. Softball was not included in the 2024 Summer Olympics but will return for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
In 1981 the APSPL merged with NASL to create the United Professional Softball League (UPSL), but only the Milwaukee franchise came from the NASL to the new league as the other NASL teams folded. [17] [18] The merged league competed for two seasons, before disbanding after the 1982 season, ending the pro era of men's softball. [19] [20] [21]
The AIAW conducted only two slow-pitch softball national championships, in 1981 and 1982, as the NCAA sought to and eventually did vanquish the women's collegiate athletic organization. The Amateur Softball Association later held two collegiate slow-pitch championship tournaments in 1983 and 1984.