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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 3989249, member: 591"] On the overarching point that the NCAA doesn't necessarily put as much thought and effort and money into the women's side as they do to the men, I'll buy that, no problem. Likewise, I agree that the softball tournament would be improved with rescheduling to a more strung out schedule. Both from the participants (who are largely post semester end) and the fans. The particular timing of the event can lead to days of excessive temperature, but also days of delays due to thunderstorms and tornados. That said, I don't see any "evil" in this. The stadium is arguable the finest in the land. I'm not surprised there are no showers, as there are no locker rooms as far as I know. I agree this would be a sensible improvement. Many school's facilities are quite bare-bones; even Arizona's stadium only got private restrooms for the team and a "back room" to the dugout in the most recent renovation. And "in the day" when teams were single pitcher dependent they pitched two complete games in one day, no problem. I'm not arguing that this was good for the athletes, but it wasn't unusual, and is one of the main reasons the men's series is more spread out - pitchers need rest, and always have or they hurt their arms. Softball is much less hard on the arms. [/QUOTE]