NWLL baseball scandal

[Anonymous]

Made the Post again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/20/dc-little-league-lawsuit/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laughing about how Game Changer is the final arbiter of stats…you know GC stats are easily manipulated depending on what goal you’re trying to accomplish, right??

Do you mean like a coach re-opening a past game and changing the scoring of a hit/error? You bet, self-interested dads do that all the time! Or, maybe, change the name of a player in the batting order?

Yes, I've seen that, too. . .and it can appear indistinguishable from an original box score.

Of course, if someone were to have a screenshot of the original box score, it would be fairly persuasive evidence of not only the alteration, but of the Coach's intent to manipulate, right??

Everyone still on board? Hmmm. . .maybe not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Made the Post again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/20/dc-little-league-lawsuit/

“But Quigley disputed the allegations about irregularities, saying she has seen documentation to refute claims that Player C was ineligible. Asked why the paperwork wasn’t shared with Klisch and Sweeney, she said Davenport and others did not trust how the accusers, particularly Klisch, would use it, particularly after the Aug. 13 letter identified some children and their parents by name.”

Molly Quigley, LLI said the player was ineligible. Looking forward to your resignation.
Stop embarrassing you and your family.
God is watching how big of a liar you are.

[Anonymous]

Show us the waiver !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Made the Post again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/20/dc-little-league-lawsuit/

“But Quigley disputed the allegations about irregularities, saying she has seen documentation to refute claims that Player C was ineligible. Asked why the paperwork wasn’t shared with Klisch and Sweeney, she said Davenport and others did not trust how the accusers, particularly Klisch, would use it, particularly after the Aug. 13 letter identified some children and their parents by name.”

Molly Quigley, LLI said the player was ineligible. Looking forward to your resignation.
Stop embarrassing you and your family.
God is watching how big of a liar you are.

What a horrible thing to say. Whatever God you worship must be ashamed. And about little league baseball. Truly soulless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Ricky did seem to think that because the kids sibling went to Hardy and he had played on the 2021 all stars the kids was ok to play for the league. He may have been wrong and sounds like he was. Is it possible he was intentionally cheating vs he messed up. Sure. But he knows everyone on the teams (NWLL and CHLL) knew this kid and family and people would object if there was a problem. So if he did intentionally cheat he’s really not very bright. The CHLL team objected to tons of calls in the semis game and the LL officials were there.

People whose kids have played with these kids - not hearsay but we were there - know he’s a very good player. He was not the best on the team. He was a relatively consistent strike thrower at that time - which in u12 teams helps. Better players turned down slots on the team due to summer plans.

Just to clear up some facts. The older sibling went to Hardy and was registered to play in NWLL that year as a 12 year old. However, that was the covid season which did not happen. Coming out of covid, this family pulled the older sibling from Hardy and in 2021 asked Cap Hill to allow the younger sibling back into their "home" in boundary league as an 11 year old. This is the league that both siblings had played in from age 6. At that time neither sibling played for NWLL. In 2021 the younger sibling played on the Cap Hill summer tournament team. Fast forward to 2022, this younger season, without a waiver, played in NWLL.

[Anonymous]

Time to remove Mike klisch Erin Sweeney and entire board from all activities in nwlldc. Start fresh and we all win. They can’t coach or hold any positions in league. Start fresh

[Anonymous]

This boundary issue sounds a lot like separate but equal oppression. Are we trying to instill the old Democratic Jim Crow laws and segregate? Rules and process need to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This boundary issue sounds a lot like separate but equal oppression. Are we trying to instill the old Democratic Jim Crow laws and segregate? Rules and process need to change.

I keep seeing this comment as well as someone else who says no other youth sport has a boundary eligibility but doesn’t some select/travel basketball have boundary rules too? Something about how teams can only take from certain zip codes and can only waiver in 2 zip code exemptions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Made the Post again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/20/dc-little-league-lawsuit/

“But Quigley disputed the allegations about irregularities, saying she has seen documentation to refute claims that Player C was ineligible. Asked why the paperwork wasn’t shared with Klisch and Sweeney, she said Davenport and others did not trust how the accusers, particularly Klisch, would use it, particularly after the Aug. 13 letter identified some children and their parents by name.”

Molly Quigley, LLI said the player was ineligible. Looking forward to your resignation.
Stop embarrassing you and your family.
God is watching how big of a liar you are.

What a horrible thing to say. Whatever God you worship must be ashamed. And about little league baseball. Truly soulless.

Putting God aside, Molly Quigley still looks awful… a lot of bs coming out of her mouth for the WP article. I agree, she needs to be removed.

[Anonymous]

As a parent of a Chevy Chase LL player, I'm disgusted that NWLL parents are still defending this conduct. Seems pretty cut and dry that this player was not eligible to play for NWLL - regardless of whether someone pushed through fudged paperwork. Violated both the letter and the spirit of the rules. NWLL's actions have hurt so many players throughout DC and it seems like its been going on for many years. I consider it a fortunate accident that we don't live within the NWLL boundary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This boundary issue sounds a lot like separate but equal oppression. Are we trying to instill the old Democratic Jim Crow laws and segregate? Rules and process need to change.

I keep seeing this comment as well as someone else who says no other youth sport has a boundary eligibility but doesn’t some select/travel basketball have boundary rules too? Something about how teams can only take from certain zip codes and can only waiver in 2 zip code exemptions?

That is one particular local league's rule. Its not a national sports organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This boundary issue sounds a lot like separate but equal oppression. Are we trying to instill the old Democratic Jim Crow laws and segregate? Rules and process need to change.

My understanding of the rule is that it is to keep the "haves" from looting the "have nots." If the better-resourced leagues consistently poach the better talent from the lesser-resourced ones, it creates scenarios where the lesser-resourced leagues become less viable and thus even fewer kids have the opportunity to simply play baseball. Building my community shouldn't come at the expense of my neighbor's community across town.

The boundaries also create some guardrails against over-zealous adults trying to create "superteams" so they can win 12-year old tournaments and get on TV -- precisely the behavior NWLL is accused of allowing. If those rules were respected/enforced, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[Anonymous]

Here is a 12/11/22 email that Joshua Daniel (a 2022 12u parent and Majors coach) sent to Mike after the Grays ran over everyone during the Springs 2022 season “What I'm not okay with is Ricky using inside knowledge to draft a player none of us knew would be phenomenal. That unfairly advantaged the Greys last year in a way that made them almost unbeatable. Can we trade them getting to pick two players (in a pre draft way) for Ricky letting all the coaches know about incoming talent (especially if he recruited them)?”

It’s in the report that the BOARD IGNORED

Josh, why did you flip? $$$? benefits to YOUR son?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time to remove Mike klisch Erin Sweeney and entire board from all activities in nwlldc. Start fresh and we all win. They can’t coach or hold any positions in league. Start fresh

Suggest a slight alteration to your good and obvious plan ... Keep Sweeney, dont believe she has a kid involved and seemingly she just wants to look at the books as is her fiduciary responsibility as a Board member. (And she's a lawyer it looks like so she understands that responsibility.)

Might actually make her the Northwest president for a year, turn the whole place over with her the sole member staying for archival continuity. Then elect a new president in one year. Also set two-year max terms, with no repeats, for at least the next 6-8 years. Whatever the case, current folks who cheated, covered it up, and refuse to share financials, need to go. Posthaste. It is simply astounding they seem to be still clinging to their "power" on a volunteer board for the littles. It's also very odd.