Man Chicago is not looking good right now. We need more famous positive people like Oprah and Common to steal some spotlight!!
First Kanye embarrasses us by his nasty antics at and after the Grammys and now this.
After Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team was crowned the champ in 2014, they have been stripped of their title for cheating. Now the kids didn’t cheat at the game..the adults messed this up for them They should be ashamed of themselves. Especially because these kids now have to go to school and most likely get bullied and made fun of for it. They played the game right and won but the team leaders let players from outside the area play on the team. This is a violation of rules they bent to allow ringer players on their field.
Here is the official statement:
“After an extensive review of the operations of Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4, the Little League International Charter/Tournament Committee has determined that the Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4 Administrator knowingly violated Little League International Rules and Regulations by placing players on their team who did not qualify to play because they lived outside the team’s boundaries.”
“For more than 75 years, Little League has been an organization where fair play is valued over the importance of wins and losses,” said Stephen D. Keener, Little League International President and CEO. “This is a heartbreaking decision. What these players accomplished on the field and the memories and lessons they have learned during the Little League World Series tournament is something the kids can be proud of, but it is unfortunate that the actions of adults have led to this outcome.
“As our Little League operations staff learned of the many issues and actions that occurred over the course of 2014 and prior, as painful as this is, we feel it a necessary decision to maintain the integrity of the Little League program. No team can be allowed to attempt to strengthen its team by putting players on their roster that live outside their boundaries.”
