The defunct Washington Glory pro softball franchise is now listed on Craigslist as being up for sale. The June 4 entry from the National Pro Fastpitch league seeks a 'qualified investor' to own the Glory with an asking price of $300,000.
In what can not be a coincidence, June 4 was also the same day noted by the Glory Geek blog as the date for a bankruptcy hearing concerning the Glory and/or original team owner Paul Wilson.
After an earlier offseason attempt to sell the Glory from Wilson collapsed, the franchise was folded with most Glory players subsequently reassigned to a Florida-based replacement team called the USSSA Pride.
Whether this is just a pro forma necessity of the bankruptcy process or something more legitimate, the Craigslist entry gives at least the appearance of hope that the Glory can return in some form to professional softball play. Of course, offering a franchise for sale and getting an investor to actually buy it could prove two very different things.
(UPDATE - The Craigslist listing for the Washington Glory is now expired.)
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