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adapted text

I've adapted this text from the NPF website just to get something up on Wikipedia. Have at it! --Jsorens 16:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only pro league in the world?

According to the recent ESPN broadcast of the World Cup of Softball, there have been pro leagues in Japan for quite a while.

The article reads that the NPF is the only professional league in the united states, which is true. Sreyan 19:30, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Split

This article should be split in two, since the predecessor league, WPSL - Women's Pro Softball League, was a different league, and should be split off, with a redirect created from Women's Pro Fastpitch. 70.51.11.210 (talk) 07:42, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's been no support for this split, and it is customary on Wikipedia to simply change the name of an article when a league or venue changes names rather than create a new article. SilkTork *^YES! 20:12, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The WPSL, WPF and NPF are all the SAME league. The NPF is just the third name the league has had.Dsides12 (talk) 23:08, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bases for traveling teams

Dsides12 pointed to this source for information on where the travelling teams, Aussie Spirits and Beijing Shougang Eagles, are "based", and asked for help with adding them to the map, if I understand his request correctly. I don't think that's a good idea. The traveling teams may be "based" in specific locations, but they have "home" games all over the map. To me it's unclear whether any games are played in those base locations. Thus adding the locations to the map wouldn't provide meaningful information about the league, in my opinion. Huon (talk) 20:41, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I get your not wanting to put the city the team is based in, however, even the Chicago Bandits and USSSA Pride don't have all their home games where they are "based" either. The league had many games last year and in previous seasons that were at neutral sites. The 2018 schedule isn't out yet, but I would hazard a guess that some of the traveling teams "home" games will be where they are "based"Dsides12 (talk) 23:06, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly happened to the ScrapYard Dawgs?

I didn't even realize the ScrapYard Dawgs weren't returning to the NPF for the 2018 season, they were a pretty popular team. What happened for them to leave the NPF? --Jbaldon03 (talk) 06:59, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've only heard some gossip, but I've heard: the Dawgs had the same ownership as the Dallas Charge, and the Charge folded after some disagreements about marketing and finances, so there was already some ill will between the Dawgs and the league. During the winter meetings, the leage began to reveal their plans to replace the Racers with a second team with Chinese players, and to add an Australian team. Combined with their previous concerns over money, they decided the league didn't have much of a future, and decided to leave NPF and schedule their own series of barnstorming games. Jjwyatt (talk) 07:27, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]