It may be a local McLean LL rule--not 100% sure--but if your DD did not attend at least 60% of the LL games she would not not be considered for the All Star Team, which would then preclude competition in Districts, States, Regional, and the WS. You also had to reside within the geographic boundaries of District 4 to be considered for All Stars as well. We had some talented girls that played at McLL but could not do All Stars because of the residency requirements.
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Like I said before, I didn't even know OK had any LL affiliated leagues
I would guess what they are doing is within the rules..just seems sketchy..lol.I just put my address into the "Find a League" on the LL page and it tells me
"We're sorry, but we couldn't find a league near you that offers Softball. The address you provided unfortunately is not located inside the boundaries of a Little League program. A player is eligible for a local Little League if they reside inside the boundaries of a league or attend a school whose physical location is located inside the boundaries."
Guess my kid is SOL...
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Weisenheimer says...
No wonder travel ball has so many teams...
its basically lawless (rule-less)
No wonder travel ball has so many teams...
its basically lawless (rule-less)
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Green country in my area, which is probably what they are underLike I said before, I didn't even know OK had any LL affiliated leagues
I just put my address into the "Find a League" on the LL page and it tells me
"We're sorry, but we couldn't find a league near you that offers Softball. The address you provided unfortunately is not located inside the boundaries of a Little League program. A player is eligible for a local Little League if they reside inside the boundaries of a league or attend a school whose physical location is located inside the boundaries."
Guess my kid is SOL...
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Right..One of the kids on the team lives in Moore
I'd definitely be curious to know the restrictions. If every league required that you live in a particular geographic boundary and played the majority of regular-season games, then I'd be pretty interested in who wins that. Wouldn't bother me if all the players were travel ball. There's a reason that travel ball interests no one but the players, parents coaches and sometimes college coaches. The games have no meaning outside of family. But if you're playing for your home town, well, then you've got something. Whether LL actually has that, I don't know.
LL for the most part died in my area of Houston. Growing up we had two different leagues. One died off and the other died a slower death. We have a much better run baseball program that is non LL, it also includes softball, football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer and basketball.
This was why the experience was special for our family and why we stuck with it despite the grind. The LL, through the draft, tried to spread the travel players throughout the Majors teams to achieve some competitive balance and raise the overall level of play. Still, there were plenty of girls who were “Rec only” or had little experience with softball. That is fine and how it should be in LL (a place for all who want to play the game), but at times it made games tough to watch.
In the end, it was a really cool and unique experience to represent our LL, our community, and our State during the LL tournament. I still have the ESPN+ broadcasts of our SE Regionals. My DD got called to the circle from RF to pitch 3 innings of relief in our second elimination game. 9 outs on 10 batters. Kept us from going home that day. One of my proudest moments in her softball “career.” We’d lost to NC in our first game, 1-0. They won the SE Regional (2019) and then the WS.
we have tried this approach and it hasn’t worked well for us. Our league boundary is too small and the talent we have don’t play for the same travel team so it’s always a nightmare getting it to work for families trying to do both especially when it comes to regular season games and scheduling. We also do the 60% attendance rule as well and we seem to start losing girls at 12 when they start doing really well and their parents are willing to drive hour plus to get them to travel team practice outside of town.
Im glad they are televising it on ESPN 2. Any publicity in my opinion is great for the sport. Rec league/little league/ babe Ruth is where virtually all girls start.
I know in the past some LL baseball teams have been stripped of their titles because they violated their boundary rules.Right..One of the kids on the team lives in Moore
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