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Sportshour: Should Softball play hardball over its future?

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Should Softball play hardball over it's future?

27/10/2018 GMT

Should Softball play hardball over its future?

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Should Softball play hardball over its future?

Limited money and fewer teams, how does women's softball move forward?

National Pro Fastpitch League Commissioner Cheri Kempf wants more media outlets and investment in her league to help promote this Olympic Sport.

Softball is the third most popular collegiate sport in the United States, attracting thousands of fans to the ground as well as watching home on TV. But the professional league, the National Pro Fastpitch League is under financial pressure. Cheri Kempf is the league's commissioner and she says that more businesses should invest in the sport. 

Plus, Japanese broadcaster NHK has commissioned several Paralympic based anime TV shows featuring the country's most successful Para athletes. Double Paralympic Champion Wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda has a cartoon based on him. The multiple Grand Slam winner says the cartoons are helping remove stigmas surrounding Para Athletes. 

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