To start, FP & SP are not two sports, but two disciplines of the same sport. Nearly, if not more, than 85% of the rules apply equally to both games. Doing both well can be a chore, but not a difficult one.
However, trying to maintain a "national" or higher presence in more than one can be very difficult because on one end or the other, just about every sport crosses into the next and you just cannot be everywhere all the time for every sport and it is very difficult to make all the necessary clinics and schools without one interferring with the other.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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