[Snocatzdad]

I've heard referenced several times that ASA is the National Governing Body of Softball. This is all a little tongue in cheek, but I am curious

Couldn't the NCAA make that same claim? Don't they set rules (not adopt from ASA) Determine National Champions and doesn't performance in NCAA softball have a bigger impact on placement on US National teams than performance in ASA? (i.e. if Jenny Finch grew up east coast and played PONY would they have passed on her for the olympic team for failure to play ASA?)

Even if historically at some point ASA was clearly the NGB, does that ever come up for re-election?

Seems to me the rule changes are flowing NCAA-->NFHS--->ASA not the other way around

USSSA and others adopted NCAA rule changes faster than ASA which would make me tend to believe that other orgs look to NCAA for guidance, not ASA