Posted on 02/12/2016 5:37:04 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Parents from Jackie Robinson West have filed a lawsuit against ESPN and on-air personality Stephen A. Smith, according to The Big Lead.
Smith is being sued for defamation, after making comments suggesting Jackie Robinson West's former coach Darold Butler fabricated documents and knew certain members on the team were ineligible as the team made its run to the Little League World Series.
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Shortly after their season ended, allegations arose that the club had cheated. One of the coaches from a team that Jackie Robinson West defeated accused the club of bringing in ringers from outside the proper districts. The club was also accused of manipulating district lines in order to gain an competitive advantage. Months after those allegations were made Little League stripped Jackie Robinson West of its wins and U.S. title.
Smith may be one of the bigger names mentioned in the lawsuit, but the parents are also going after Little League International, as well as officials connected with the program.
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Translation: It may have been true but he shouldn’t have said it.
I side with the parents on this one. How were they expected to know the ages of their children? /sarc
Leftists suing leftists. Blacks suing blacks.
They were invited to White House, supporters include “Father” Pfleger & “Rev.” Jesse Jackson & Barry Obama...
To change the narrative, first you must kill the messenger.
Then you can shape the narrative as you wish.
In this case, “Black Lives Matter”.
or more to the point, “Black Chilren’s Lives Matter”.
As if it’s not hard enough trying to figure out who their fathers are - expecting them to remember ages is just plain unreasonable.
There. Fixed it.
We are in Columbus, Georgia. One of our teams (Northern League) won the Little League World Series in 2005, our Little League (American League) routinely wins state championships. The folks around here are real sticklers for boundary lines and birthdates. Little League was founded in Warner-Robins, Georgia.
Of course, we started after the big scandal in Chicago, so that adds extra incentive to do it right.
I don’t think age of the players was an issue. They were accused of using players from other districts and manipulating district lines to ensure certain top players were included in their district.
Stephen A. Smith is straight shooter - I don’t think suing to shut him up is going to work.
2006 was Columbus’ year, though I missed that. Hawaii were 2005 champs.
Thanks for the correction. I guess I was thinking in “Little League” years.
Lol, I guess you were. And this suit is going nowhere.
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