Team USA VS NPF

This is a little off topic but I am curious if anyone else has been following the announcements of several high profile softball players deciding to play for the NPF rather than team USA. I have some mixed feelings on it but wanted to see what others thought. Here is an excerpt of the article.

Mendoza, who is also president of the Women's Sports Foundation, said it became too difficult for players to fulfill the obligation of playing for the U.S. team and in the NPF, whose schedules intersect. Moreover, because the U.S. Olympic Committee has dropped funding — over $1 million in an Olympic year — for softball, there was no financial reward for playing for their country.
"This has been a long time coming," said Mendoza, adding that she and her teammates spent months discussing their options. "In the end, we all wanted to do the best thing for the sport of softball. Everyone agreed that a change really needed to be made."
Fellow Olympians Natasha Watley, Cat Osterman, Monica Abbott, Caitlin Lowe, Lauren Lappin, Andrea Duran and Vicky Galindo also will not play for the U.S. during the upcoming 2011 season. That doesn't mean some of them may not return in the future.

 

AT THE CURRENT TIME THE NPF SEEMS TO BE THE LOGICAL CHOICE TO PROMOTE THE GAME TO THE YOUNGER GIRLS.

 

probably the only option but i believe tennis followed this path years ago.

 

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Thanks Wallet! I will take under consideration.