Yes, but it would seem obvious that an All-Star team cannot beat a non-All-Star team "fair and square." On the other hand, I've seen good arguments that JRW should have been allowed special treatment due to economic disparities between their territory and wealthier areas (not counting all the money that flowed in to JRW when they became a national story). Some parents can afford better facilities, trainers, etc., which can perhaps be balanced out by allowing certain teams a bigger geographic area from which to pull. Maybe that will generate changes going forward.

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I root for my daughter but Im not too heavily invested. There is a middle ground.

There is a small fraction of adults involved in youth athletics that do it for the right reasons. The gym teacher at our school is a fabulous guy. I mean amazing the way he encourages ALL the kids to get involved. He was the AD for a few years before he got booted by the jackboot parents who demanded more of an emphasis on WINNING.

What a joke.

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She can't hit

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

When my daughter gets older I'm just going to root for scholarships.

I agree 100%

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Do you think this is about rooting for your kid?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

No one should get the title.

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GO BEARS!!!

Cogent thought is not his strong suit.




Somebody gets it.

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there shouldn't even be a title.

what would be wrong with a state level title? then 50 teams get to be champions. but then that wouldn't generate nearly the amount of TV cash.

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Well this years JRW vs EP game might have to be a must attend Reader will have to keep us apprised of when it goes down

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

They should hire some businessmen to run the league.

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<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Board outing!

When we arrive the ushers will ask "Which side? Doug or RR?"


edit: Hawg will be there checking everybody's ID.

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As a parent I wouldn't want my kids to play for any team Daryl or Dennis was managing. He talked to me at the end of last year about getting my son involved. NO THANKS

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not as lazy as just assuming other champs cheated because JRW got caught which is basically what you and RPB are doing.

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That shit go on in youth hockey too shakes?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

i'm sure Jackie would be beaming with pride right now having his name associated with this.

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

STUBHUB...
but this years JRW team will be like going to see the Van Zandts play a concert!

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It's not just because they got caught. I played sports as a kid and I'm around people who coach sports all the time. People want to win so bad that they'll cheat. You've been on teams that have cheated in some way. We all have if we played sports long enough.

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GO BEARS!!!

The EP guy is on now and Grimace went on the offensive because he believes it's sour grapes. Saying his team got "destroyed" (which they did, but his use of the word in his question was pointed). I think the EP guy explained himself well, and I don't think it's sour grapes. Not before or after hearing him. I was glad he completely shot down Grimace's agenda to paint it that way.

Amen to this. Jackie Robinson was a man of great integrity, even while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Spiegel was trashing him in the 9:00 hour.

The guy handed him is ass in the 10:00 hour.

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He's just a guy who respects the rules.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

He certainly did.

Going to have to podcast that later.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Sounded to me like that's the case. Either way, he did make Grimace sound foolish.

Nope, never been on a team that used an illegal player.

In fact, I was cut from the Winnetka Bantam AA team because I was out of district and you could only have 5 out of district players per team. Team Illinois AAA had folded and 6 out of district players tried out for the same team with their Team Illinois coach moving over as well. Needless to say I didn't have much of a chance in that one. I had to scramble and find another team to play for.

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That you're aware of shakes.

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GO BEARS!!!

If you are saying you believe that every team prior to JRW was on the up and up than you're dumber than I thought

It's a completely valid assumption considering all that we know about little league and what goes on with it. I can personally attest to at least two leagues regularly breaking rules that I played in.