Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title

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Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title Aug 4, 2018 9:18:12 GMT -8 via mobile

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Anyone know more about this situation? Seems unfortunate for everyone involved. Putting a kid on the roster you know won’t play unless you make the championship game seems unethical in a way, but at the same time I’m not sure that rules explicitly prevent it. Medford just seems like the bully that finally got beat up, and then cries to the principal that the other boy was too rough.

Also, it’s American Legion, which to me hasn’t been relevant since the World Series was in corvallis in the early 1990s.

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sagebrush Junior Posts: 3,153	Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title Aug 8, 2018 13:57:44 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sagebrush on Aug 8, 2018 13:57:44 GMT -8 Rules is rules. Problem is that you have home town local and state good ol' boys signing off when they had no business signing off and the National ruled against the locals.

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Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title Aug 8, 2018 18:23:56 GMT -8

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“We followed to a ‘T’ what they told us to do,” Babbitt said Thursday. “I was told by our state chairman and the national commissioner that he was eligible.”

National tells Mid-Valley before the game player is eligible. So he plays. Then they changed their mind after the fact.

Legion teams can roster 18 players. He was on the Mid-Valley roster the entire season, just didn't play until the state tournament.

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Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title Aug 9, 2018 9:19:23 GMT -8 oldbeav likes this

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I think what they did was within the rules, I just think it's a pretty shady thing to do. You basically restricted a spot on your team in case you made the championship, meaning one kid had to find another place to play that maybe didn't have the options Knight did.

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Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title Aug 9, 2018 10:00:27 GMT -8 via mobile

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Aug 9, 2018 9:19:23 GMT -8 nabeav said:

I think what they did was within the rules, I just think it's a pretty shady thing to do. You basically restricted a spot on your team in case you made the championship, meaning one kid had to find another place to play that maybe didn't have the options Knight did.

AAA and A American Legion ball is shady all around... it's typically a bunch of old has beens on power trips.

Rostering, blocking kids from transferring Posts, forging school attendance statements, playing non-rostered players, fundraising scams and "missing" funds and equipment, etc, etc, etc.

Like many youth organizations there are adults ready and willing to take advantage, pull strings, and try to stay in the lime light.

Southpaws must forfeit American Legion Title

Post by nabeav on Aug 4, 2018 9:18:12 GMT -8

Post by sagebrush on Aug 8, 2018 13:57:44 GMT -8

Post by Henry Skrimshander on Aug 8, 2018 18:23:56 GMT -8

Post by nabeav on Aug 9, 2018 9:19:23 GMT -8

Post by baseba1111 on Aug 9, 2018 10:00:27 GMT -8