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The AUSL Plans To Do What Other Pro Softball Leagues Couldn’t

Defector 10 July 2026 14h ago
The AUSL Plans To Do What Other Pro Softball Leagues Couldn’t
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Cheri Kempf knows exactly how hard it is to sustain a professional women’s sports league. She was the commissioner of the now-defunct National Pro Fastpitch league. During her tenure, the NPF’s league office had two full-time employees, one of whom was Kempf. It launched in 2004 and went through rounds of expansion and contraction, but didn’t have the television contracts or budget to sustain itse
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