does the olympic softball team get paid?
113694
No then they would be considered professionals and that is not allowed in the olympics.
897061
G'day tom l,\n\nThank you for your question. \n\nIt depends on the sport. It is probably provided for in various contracts as labor laws strictly regulate the ability to dock wages and salaries. Sports people and coaches may be contractually obligated to do certain things such as turn up for practice and it may go to consolidated revenue of the team.\n\nSimilarly, sports bodies occasionally levy fines for bringing the game into disrepute. These fines again would generally go into the coffers of the sport concerned. Joe Weinbach of the Wall Street Journal wrote an article showing that many fines are reduced, eliminated or even refunded with interest. John Rocker, a baseball pitcher fined for derogatory remarks about gays paid just $500 of the original $20,000 levied by major league baseball. Sometimes a players sponsor pays the fine as happened with basketballer Latrell Sprewell. \n\n\nIt is probably referred to as revenue in their annual reports. Nascar pools its fine money and distributes it amongst the teams. I am not aware of the situation in other sports.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
656208
http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens/brackets/viewable/special64/2006/DI_64
1010390
It would probably be better to buy a new softball instead of trying to patch one.\n\n :P
959625
Well in 2006 roger clemens got about 12million, for a few months work, which equated to 22million over a full season.\n\nMike Mussina was paid 17million for the 06 season, Randy Johnson got 16mil, Schilling 13, Pedro 14, Andy Petitte got 17.5 wow.. Roy Oswalt is not a 13mil pitcher, Bartolo Colon 13, \n\nObviously Matsuzaka of Japan will join this list somewhere..\n\nI was just throwing out some names to give you an idea\n\nhttp://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/ is a good list of all the current contracts that are out there by team.
35157
depends NHL pay is 50,000/yr. baseball umps are anywhere from 50-200,000
492734
All ASA registrations are done at the local level. Contact your local State/Metro Commissioner in order to register your team with the ASA.\n\nYou'll find them here:\nhttp://www.softball.org/about/contact_us.asp
1029368
i'm pretty sure that they don't get paid for playing on the world cup national teams. i do belive that the individual teams/countries do sometimes provide bonuses, but they aren't required to. \ni think for most of the players, it doesnt matter anyway. they all make good salaries for their club teams, and its an honor to be able to represent their country in the world cup.
1098085
It's really sad that softball is not going to be in the 2012 Olympics. The US Olympic committee and the ISF tried really hard to get softball reinstated for the 2012 Olympics, too bad they didn't do a good job informing the IOC about softball and really making their case before the vote to axed softball and baseball from the Olympics especially when they knew the President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, wanted softball out.  What's really sad was that the vote to take out softball was 52-52 and Jim Easton abstained from voting because of his company; why be part of the IOC when you're not going to vote and not going to be there when it matters the most?  For now the only hope for playing softball in the Olympics is in 2008, but for those still in high school and below the dream to play Olympic softball is suspended, but hopefully the sport will get reinstated in 2016 and dreams can live on.
304372
"The first NCAA (women’s College World Series) was held in 1982. Field Hockey and softball are the only 2 sports that are only played by women. 32 teams from 8 different regions compete in a double elimination round to start off the championship. Eight winners then enter a double elimination tournament to determine which team is the national champion. From 1982 until 1987, the NCAA championship was held in Omaha, Nebraska, where the Men’s College World Series originated. Then, for two years, it was held in Sunnyvale, California. The finals have been played at the Amateur Softball Association’s Hall of Fame Field in Oklahoma City since 1990. 600 NCAA member colleges are sponsors of women’s softball programs. The women’s softball championships are held in divisions I-III. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, fast-pitch softball was first played as a medal sport.\n\nThe Softball World Championships in 1965 helped women’s softball develop by making it an international game. Women softball players were given the closest thing to MLB with the formation of the International Women’s Professional Softball league in 1976. Contracts were anywhere from $1000-$3000 per year, but in 1980 the league faced financial ruin and disbanded. Another professional league, the NPF, (National Pro Fast-pitch League), also exists. The ASA “annually registers over 260,000 teams combining to form a membership of more than 4.5 million”. These numbers are not all fast-pitch, but it is consistently growing along with slow-pitch."
1085390
I am once again compelled to answer my own question. The team referred to here is Trinidad and Tobago. They and their coach, Mr. Leo Beenhaker were bestowed with the nation's second highest honour, "The Chaconia Medal Gold." The members who actually played were rewarded with TT $1,000,000 and the rest of the 24, TT$250,000 (US$40,000)\nhttp://www.socawarriorstt.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=544&Itemid=2
835974
A goof place to start looking for softball teams (or any sport for that matter) is www.eteamz.com!\n\n\nGood Luck on your search!
113101
They have not set the final lineup yet, some players will be named to the qualifying team. This lineup could dirastically change before the actual summer olympics.
41870
No, the professional tennis players do not tip the ball people, unless they hire a personal ball-person, which probably never has been done. The tournament in which the ballboys are registerd has to pay them, unless it is voluntary.
542765
1st places gets a gold medal, 2nd gets a silver and 3rd a bronze medal at the awards ceremony. They all get flowers and a certificate as well.\n\nIn some countries national Olympic associations or local governments will give prize money to their athletes for hitting performance targets or winning medals.
1091005
They bid for it.  Similar to Olympics.
870792
Recently, the IOC voted to remove baseball and softball from the Olympics Games.  They will appear in Bejing, but not in London.  The sports will be able to reapply for the 2016 games.  \n\nThe committee may choose from a wide variety of sports to potentially replace baseball: squash, karate, gold, rugby, and even ballroom dancing have been considered.\n\nNetball is RECOGNIZED by the International Olympic Committee as conforming to the Olympic Charter.  Therefore it is one of the most likely sports to be considered for possible Olympic implementation.