Monica Abbott is widely considered to be the best fastpitch softball player in the history of the game, and now, finally, her pay seems to reflect that. Sort of.Yesterday, espnW reported that the 30-year-old Olympic pitcher signed a six-year contract with National Pro Fastpitch's latest expansion team, the Houston-area Scrap Yard Dawgs, that is expected to be worth $1 million. It's the league's first million-dollar deal, and, according to espnW, "the most lucrative paid by an individual American professional franchise to an active female athlete in team sports." The NPF is the only professional women's softball league in the U.S., with six teams and a 50-game regular season."I think it's a proud moment for National Pro Fastpitch," league commissioner Cheri Kempf said. "But I think it goes further than that. I think it's a proud moment for women in professional sports in this country. I feel glad that it's happening in the league. I'm glad that we're going to lead the way, in some respects."There is a bit of a caveat to this whole historical situation, however. In order stay under the NPF's $150,000 salary cap, Abbott's contract stipulates an annual salary of $20,000 for six years; she will receive the rest (roughly 83 percent, at $166,666 per year) based on attendance records. Granted, the contract requires that games must have over 100 fans in attendance and the average is usually 1,000, according to CNN Money, but it's still a big chunk of speculative change.Considering the fact that most NPF players are paid between $5,000 and $8,000 per season, though, it seems like Abbott got a relatively good deal.