I have to do more for age and residency requirements for Little League every year than I do for school registration, or really anything else. But I know it's because a lot of dishonest people are out there and I just deal with it.

Anonymous wrote:I run a youth org that uses sportsconnect (which many little leagues use). The software won't save each child's birth certificate from year to year. Yes, we can download them, but then they sit in a folder on someone's drive (security risk?) and because we still need to capture all the new enrollees next year, we need to set it up to require again. Our first year we were small, so I saved them and uploaded for re-enrollees. Now we're several hundred players and no way am I doing that. We pay several hundred dollars a year for this software, but until parents start complaining to the company, they're not going to listen.

Another Sportsconnect LL admin here. I will also add that LL now requires every LL team to use SportsConnect for registration. However, SpotsConnect is not in line with LL rules regarding birth certificates and proof of residency. When I set up a registration, SportsConnect automatically adds these questions, and I cannot remove them. We tell our families to ignore the questions on SportsConnect (you can bypass them) and to submit that paperwork when it comes time for all-stars.

Anonymous wrote:Right, and when your team of 6th graders are all over 6 feet tall, have full sleeve tattoos and diamond stud earrings, they are definitely just "big." Because parents never lie or cheat for their kids.

I don't get parents teaching their kids that the lying is ok. And I don't get what a bunch of older kids get out of clobbering a team full of correct age kids - that's not fun for anyone

Can’t take your complaints seriously with this hyperbole.

But some kids ARE just big and it gets really old really fast hearing the passive aggressive “whispers”, and getting angry side-eyes the whole game from opposing team’s parents.

How hard is it just to stick these docs in a folder. I have ours altogether anyway. You need them for Real ID and passport renewal. Your kid will need them to get his learners permit, etc. These are important papers - what’s the big deal?

Anonymous wrote:I run a youth org that uses sportsconnect (which many little leagues use). The software won't save each child's birth certificate from year to year. Yes, we can download them, but then they sit in a folder on someone's drive (security risk?) and because we still need to capture all the new enrollees next year, we need to set it up to require again. Our first year we were small, so I saved them and uploaded for re-enrollees. Now we're several hundred players and no way am I doing that. We pay several hundred dollars a year for this software, but until parents start complaining to the company, they're not going to listen.

SportsConnect is the worst league management software...except for all the others.

-league webmaster

Right, and when your team of 6th graders are all over 6 feet tall, have full sleeve tattoos and diamond stud earrings, they are definitely just "big." Because parents never lie or cheat for their kids.

I don't get parents teaching their kids that the lying is ok. And I don't get what a bunch of older kids get out of clobbering a team full of correct age kids - that's not fun for anyone

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Anonymous wrote:Don't blame LL. Blame the parents who lie about their child's age and use fake birth certificates so their kid can stay on the smaller field longer. I wish I were joking.

For real? In our LL the crazy competitive parents are falling all over themselves to brag about their kid playing up. Who are these people trying to hold the kids back?

When you see the 5’9 180 lb “6th grader” on 1B you’ll know.

You guys realize some kids really are just big, right? Unless you have proof the kid is older it’s obnoxious and bullying to assume.

Anonymous wrote:Don't blame LL. Blame the parents who lie about their child's age and use fake birth certificates so their kid can stay on the smaller field longer. I wish I were joking.

It's not really age that's the issue.

It's people trying to game the system to create a super team to go to All Stars tournament. That is why LL is so strict. People will lie about their residence and do all sorts of other things.

Source: I'm on the LL board

I run a youth org that uses sportsconnect (which many little leagues use). The software won't save each child's birth certificate from year to year. Yes, we can download them, but then they sit in a folder on someone's drive (security risk?) and because we still need to capture all the new enrollees next year, we need to set it up to require again. Our first year we were small, so I saved them and uploaded for re-enrollees. Now we're several hundred players and no way am I doing that. We pay several hundred dollars a year for this software, but until parents start complaining to the company, they're not going to listen.

Yes I’ll know that large child will be pretty useless in Juniors because he’s lazy, can’t move, can’t pitch and is below average catching at 1B.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't blame LL. Blame the parents who lie about their child's age and use fake birth certificates so their kid can stay on the smaller field longer. I wish I were joking.

For real? In our LL the crazy competitive parents are falling all over themselves to brag about their kid playing up. Who are these people trying to hold the kids back?

When you see the 5’9 180 lb “6th grader” on 1B you’ll know.

Anonymous wrote:Don't blame LL. Blame the parents who lie about their child's age and use fake birth certificates so their kid can stay on the smaller field longer. I wish I were joking.

For real? In our LL the crazy competitive parents are falling all over themselves to brag about their kid playing up. Who are these people trying to hold the kids back?

Don't blame LL. Blame the parents who lie about their child's age and use fake birth certificates so their kid can stay on the smaller field longer. I wish I were joking.

Yes, little league is intense about documentation. No other rec sport has cared.

I'm curious if any other baseball leagues in the area have this incredibly frustrating process whereby the season registration system requires you to submit proof of birth and multiple proofs of residency, but then three months later when they are going to evaluate players in person they require the same forms to be submitted again when they already have these documents in their system.

And year after year, despite playing in the same league consecutively season after season they require proof of birth/age AGAIN. I'm sorry but my child didn't suddently age 2 years in a 1-year span.
It's so frustrating. I'm tempted to show up at the player evaluation without this documentation and tell them they already have it and if they push back just leave.