NWLL baseball scandal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously how are your 12 year olds getting screwed? They were the 13th best in the league and should have been on the team for their one strike out per game and two innings in right field missing a line drive and causing the team to lose? Think about it. How good is your kid if you're claiming he's the 13th or 14th best kid in his age group?

Right! Why should any kid bother to pick up a bat unless he is D1 material? Athletics should only be for superstars. In fact, all LL is just way too amateur compared to the travel teams. Just disband it already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously how are your 12 year olds getting screwed? They were the 13th best in the league and should have been on the team for their one strike out per game and two innings in right field missing a line drive and causing the team to lose? Think about it. How good is your kid if you're claiming he's the 13th or 14th best kid in his age group?

Are you kidding? Clearly, in NWLL there is no accurate assessment of a player and whether they are good or not. It is all predetermined by a cabal of connected dads and a president with no kid in the league -- btw, how odd is that? -- who wants to win no matter the cheating necessary to do it.

Also, if you are a parent of a player and taking this sort of position, you need a serious adjustment on your relationship to your kid's success in sports. It won't fix your own childhood results on the field, and you are certainly hurting their sports future, where the coaches are paid, and they focus on winning not coddling the dad with the best connections or the loudest voice.

GTFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear NWLL Community,

The AAA and Majors Commissioners ("Commissioners") write to update you on the status of our Letter of August 13 ("Letter").

On August 17, some of the board members issued an unsubstantiated denial that did not address the merits of our findings. At least 7 board members did not sign the August 17 response. Of those who signed it, at least two of them did not attend the relevant board meetings and another three are on the NWLL payroll controlled by the President (“Davenport”). Three board members who signed the response are identified in the Letter as being involved in the wrongdoing. Two Board members who did not sign the August 17 response have since resigned, including the Summer Tournament Director.

On August 31, the board met to vote to fill the vacancies left by the resigning AA Commissioner and Summer Tournament Director. The board refused to vote on two highly qualified candidates, Margie Yeager and Coleman Hutchins. Instead, Davenport announced that he alone is preparing a slate of board members for 2024 and that he would ask the board to vote for them during its September 10 meeting because “it’s always the President” who does this. Today, Davenport, perhaps with the assistance of certain board members, and without any input from the Commissioners, declared that the board will address “Nominations for the 2024 Board Process” at its September 10 board meeting.

We invite you, as NWLL members, to attend the September 10 board meeting (6 p.m. at Stoddert Elementary) to provide your input and see the board in action. We have been told that your registration fee includes a fee that makes you a member and allows you to attend board meetings.

For the reasons detailed in our Letter, we do not believe that the board, as structured, has NWLL’s best interests in mind. And while we are disappointed that the board is not involving the entire NWLL community in the board selection process, please know that, in December, you will have the opportunity to approve or disapprove the 2024 board slate and vote on a competing slate of board members put together by members of your NWLL community.

Finally, there has been a material development since we submitted our Letter, as we learned from numerous reliable sources that, prior to the start of the summer 2022 12U tournament, Greg Roberts, the Vice President of the District of Columbia Little League, refused to sign the eligibility documentation for a NWLL player who lived and attended school outside of NWLL’s boundary because he was ineligible and had no waiver in his paperwork. Davenport, who processed that paperwork without involving the board or submitting any waiver to a board vote as required by Little League International, has conceded that there is no waiver for this player and claims that he was eligible to play in NWLL because, at one time, his older brother attended an in-boundary school. Again, based on numerous reliable sources, including emails from LLI, we have been advised that Davenport is mistaken. We have been advised that this player was not only ineligible to play in NWLL, but was also ineligible for a 2(d) waiver, which is available to players who leave NWLL’s boundary but who play continuously in our league. We have also been advised that the only possible waiver route was a Charter Committee waiver, but that Davenport did not seek or obtain one. The Commissioners have repeatedly asked Davenport and the board to produce the eligibility paperwork for this player, as has Little League International, but Davenport and the board has not done so.

Finally, please know that the we are paying close attention to your posts, both in the Washington Post and chat boards, and in particular those detailing your personal experiences in NWLL.

Can anyone elaborate on the "NWLL payroll" referenced in the above?

[Anonymous]

Would love updates from anyone at the board meeting!

[Anonymous]

What are the updates insiders?

[Anonymous]

Pete Robinson runs for-fee clinics for NWLL. I don't know about the other 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pete Robinson runs for-fee clinics for NWLL. I don't know about the other 2.

So no one is forced to pay for his clinics?
Probably cheaper than lawyer fees 😀

[Anonymous]

The meeting tonight is a real doozy. Lots of board infighting. Now paused for public comment. About 30 people here to comment. Still going on 2 hours in.

[Anonymous]

Is Big Mike in the house??

[Anonymous]

Any bombshells so far?

[Anonymous]

[mastodon]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously how are your 12 year olds getting screwed? They were the 13th best in the league and should have been on the team for their one strike out per game and two innings in right field missing a line drive and causing the team to lose? Think about it. How good is your kid if you're claiming he's the 13th or 14th best kid in his age group?

Right! Why should any kid bother to pick up a bat unless he is D1 material? Athletics should only be for superstars. In fact, all LL is just way too amateur compared to the travel teams. Just disband it already.

The problem with your logic is that you still think your kid would be the shoe in at #12 when likely he'd be #20+ and had no chance of making the team. Get realistic with your kid's talent.

[Anonymous]

The officials from LL org national office were deeply uninspiring. Lots of yelling among board members. Some parents on either side. Meeting still going 3 hours in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The officials from LL org national office were deeply uninspiring. Lots of yelling among board members. Some parents on either side. Meeting still going 3 hours in.

Sounds like a fabulous environment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[mastodon]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously how are your 12 year olds getting screwed? They were the 13th best in the league and should have been on the team for their one strike out per game and two innings in right field missing a line drive and causing the team to lose? Think about it. How good is your kid if you're claiming he's the 13th or 14th best kid in his age group?

Right! Why should any kid bother to pick up a bat unless he is D1 material? Athletics should only be for superstars. In fact, all LL is just way too amateur compared to the travel teams. Just disband it already.

The problem with your logic is that you still think your kid would be the shoe in at #12 when likely he'd be #20+ and had no chance of making the team. Get realistic with your kid's talent.

The problem with your logic is that talent in baseball is notoriously hard to judge, even professionals struggle with professional players with a long track record. It's even harder with kids who are growing and constantly developing. And the difference in talent between a #12 and a #20 is going to be very small anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The officials from LL org national office were deeply uninspiring. Lots of yelling among board members. Some parents on either side. Meeting still going 3 hours in.

I'd have to imagine that the kind of guys who get involved in national LL are like the worst guys in a local LL chapter, to the tenth power.