NWLL baseball scandal

[Anonymous]

Did anyone else get the 46 page long document from some of the board outlining allegations of cheating, financial malfeasance, and other crazy stuff from others on the board? I have never read anything so nutty emailed to all participants in a rec league. Wondering if anyone can verify any of the allegations.

[Anonymous]

Heard about this but have not had time to read up. Anyone have a summary?

[Anonymous]

Yes, can anyone summarize the major points please?

[Anonymous]

I am not surprised.
It always felt as if it was a club and people did not have the best interest of the entire program (including softball) in the decision making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not surprised.
It always felt as if it was a club and people did not have the best interest of the entire program (including softball) in the decision making.

Exactly like a club. We’ve been so disappointed with the league. Lots of corruption and stacking teams with the best players. Also encountered so many coaches who argue with umps/each other, yell at kids, berate them, show favoritism.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think that emailing it to all parents was the smartest move. But I am personally familiar with some of what was in that letter and believe the parts I’m familiar with to be accurate.

Summary: Lots of boundary cheating to stack the 12U team, which is coached by the president of the board each year (he doesn’t have kids who play), and the team that would compete to go to the Little league World Series. The NWLL team won the dc championship again this year and competed in regionals. But they did not make it to the World Series.

Other stuff too about how umps are paid for not showing up, and other board members looking the other way bc they want their kids to be chosen for the president’s team when they get to 12u. But 90% of the document is about boundary cheating.

[Anonymous]

We live out of the area but our area LL team is going to the WS and the amount of drama involved in the lead up to it, including initial team selection, all-star team selection, etc. was ridiculous. There are always shady boundary allegations and I am 100% certain kids on the roster whose actual residences are outside the boundaries are using grandparents’ addresses. That seems to have replaced birth date/certificate drama as the ever-brewing scandal around us. The “looking the other way because they want their kids to be chosen” phenomenon is real.

Our LL is run by corrupt dads. I’m still mad because we were given the option for a season refund in 2020. I asked for it. They kept it anyway and said they wouldn’t be issuing refunds after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live out of the area but our area LL team is going to the WS and the amount of drama involved in the lead up to it, including initial team selection, all-star team selection, etc. was ridiculous. There are always shady boundary allegations and I am 100% certain kids on the roster whose actual residences are outside the boundaries are using grandparents’ addresses. That seems to have replaced birth date/certificate drama as the ever-brewing scandal around us. The “looking the other way because they want their kids to be chosen” phenomenon is real.

Our LL is run by corrupt dads. I’m still mad because we were given the option for a season refund in 2020. I asked for it. They kept it anyway and said they wouldn’t be issuing refunds after all.

Yep. My kid was on a team that made it to regionals (they lost and are out now) and there were kids on the roster that don’t meet either the residential or school attendance requirements. We were told they got a “waiver” and did not dare ask further (crossing “those dads” would come back on my kid for sure). And yep- we kept our mouths shut and looked the other way- but we don’t and never have held coaching or board positions either. That was just the tip of the iceberg- so much BS. The drama was unreal and I am so sooo glad little league is over. The board raised an absolutely enormous sum on gofundme to “pay for team and family travel” - and families didn’t see a dime of it. They did pay for some of the kids meals and transportation with it but 2/3 of it went unspent and back into the league fund. Whole thing was unreal and incredibly expensive. We don’t need the $ but many of the families were counting on it. I could go on and on, but don’t want to put myself. People knock travel ball, but LL is SO much worse. When it is bad, it is really really bad. I’m left disgusted by the entire experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live out of the area but our area LL team is going to the WS and the amount of drama involved in the lead up to it, including initial team selection, all-star team selection, etc. was ridiculous. There are always shady boundary allegations and I am 100% certain kids on the roster whose actual residences are outside the boundaries are using grandparents’ addresses. That seems to have replaced birth date/certificate drama as the ever-brewing scandal around us. The “looking the other way because they want their kids to be chosen” phenomenon is real.

Our LL is run by corrupt dads. I’m still mad because we were given the option for a season refund in 2020. I asked for it. They kept it anyway and said they wouldn’t be issuing refunds after all.

Yep. My kid was on a team that made it to regionals (they lost and are out now) and there were kids on the roster that don’t meet either the residential or school attendance requirements. We were told they got a “waiver” and did not dare ask further (crossing “those dads” would come back on my kid for sure). And yep- we kept our mouths shut and looked the other way- but we don’t and never have held coaching or board positions either. That was just the tip of the iceberg- so much BS. The drama was unreal and I am so sooo glad little league is over. The board raised an absolutely enormous sum on gofundme to “pay for team and family travel” - and families didn’t see a dime of it. They did pay for some of the kids meals and transportation with it but 2/3 of it went unspent and back into the league fund. Whole thing was unreal and incredibly expensive. We don’t need the $ but many of the families were counting on it. I could go on and on, but don’t want to put myself. People knock travel ball, but LL is SO much worse. When it is bad, it is really really bad. I’m left disgusted by the entire experience.

ETA: and we know they don’t meet the requirements because we have know them from travel ball and /or LL for many years. We know where they all live with 100% certainty and obviously know where they go to school also. What these “waivers” are, I have no idea?! And the money I referred to is in the 10s of thousands. No joke. Whole thing is just incredible to me.

[Anonymous]

Different LL, but similar issues, rising fees, lots of fund raisers, big asks from sponsors, but always short on cash for equipment and other expenses. If you are a parent of a young kid going into LL, do the math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think that emailing it to all parents was the smartest move. But I am personally familiar with some of what was in that letter and believe the parts I’m familiar with to be accurate.

Summary: Lots of boundary cheating to stack the 12U team, which is coached by the president of the board each year (he doesn’t have kids who play), and the team that would compete to go to the Little league World Series. The NWLL team won the dc championship again this year and competed in regionals. But they did not make it to the World Series.

Other stuff too about how umps are paid for not showing up, and other board members looking the other way bc they want their kids to be chosen for the president’s team when they get to 12u. But 90% of the document is about boundary cheating.

I’m having a hard time believing these allegations. The DC baseball world is pretty small. All these kids/families know each other and have played against each at the 10U and 11U all star levels as well. Someone would have noticed before the DC tournament even started. There is more to the story here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think that emailing it to all parents was the smartest move. But I am personally familiar with some of what was in that letter and believe the parts I’m familiar with to be accurate.

Summary: Lots of boundary cheating to stack the 12U team, which is coached by the president of the board each year (he doesn’t have kids who play), and the team that would compete to go to the Little league World Series. The NWLL team won the dc championship again this year and competed in regionals. But they did not make it to the World Series.

Other stuff too about how umps are paid for not showing up, and other board members looking the other way bc they want their kids to be chosen for the president’s team when they get to 12u. But 90% of the document is about boundary cheating.

I’m having a hard time believing these allegations. The DC baseball world is pretty small. All these kids/families know each other and have played against each at the 10U and 11U all star levels as well. Someone would have noticed before the DC tournament even started. There is more to the story here.

DP. People definitely notice. But they don’t dare say anything!

[Anonymous]

Um …. everyone in NWLL noticed. The team in question would regularly beat the other teams by 10-20 runs during g the regular season, and parents in the stands would range from confused to ballistic. But no one would dare cross the coach bc he was the board president and would also coach the tournament team, in charge of selections for the world series tournament team, which was all based on “relationships”

[Anonymous]

Also- if you are part of NWLL, follow how the “grays” do in The regular season. That should tell you something about how the process for team selection works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think that emailing it to all parents was the smartest move. But I am personally familiar with some of what was in that letter and believe the parts I’m familiar with to be accurate.

Summary: Lots of boundary cheating to stack the 12U team, which is coached by the president of the board each year (he doesn’t have kids who play), and the team that would compete to go to the Little league World Series. The NWLL team won the dc championship again this year and competed in regionals. But they did not make it to the World Series.

Other stuff too about how umps are paid for not showing up, and other board members looking the other way bc they want their kids to be chosen for the president’s team when they get to 12u. But 90% of the document is about boundary cheating.

I’m having a hard time believing these allegations. The DC baseball world is pretty small. All these kids/families know each other and have played against each at the 10U and 11U all star levels as well. Someone would have noticed before the DC tournament even started. There is more to the story here.

DP. People definitely notice. But they don’t dare say anything!

Maybe the NWLL families did not say anything. But it’s hard to believe that the other leagues in the district tournament would have remained silent if there were ineligible kids on the NWLL 12U roster. The summer all stars tournaments are a huge family time commitment and every team wants a fair shot to make it to the regional tournament. We need more information or else this is could just be disgruntled NWLL families (perhaps justly) upset that their kid did not make the summer team.