Wow.
Jackie Robinson West, the first “all-African-American” team to ever win the Little League World Series, has been stripped of its 2014 title after it was determined that they used ineligible players from outside the team’s designated geographic area.
Little League strips U.S. title from Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West team
Clearly racism.
Cc: @CharlesMBlow http://t.co/3OyYlhKSTS
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) February 11, 2015
Heartbreaking for those kids. http://t.co/7rPeUA6nLf
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) February 11, 2015
I am so sick of cheating in sports! From #DeflateGate to Jackie Robinson West!
— Marc Zachacki (@SWzahack) February 11, 2015
And a team from the Las Vegas area has been declared the winner:
Mountain Ridge Little League (Las Vegas, Nev.) will be handed the 2014 U.S. Little League World Series Championship.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 11, 2015
After Jackie Robinson West’s win, the team traveled to the White House to meet President Obama:
President Obama shows the Jackie Robinson West All Stars a program from the MLK Jr. March on Washington. pic.twitter.com/EqMOmTSwfP
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) November 7, 2014
Here's the glove that the Jackie Robinson West All Stars gave President Obama today → http://t.co/qj3VUcYeLN pic.twitter.com/mhSEKitHbK
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) November 7, 2014
President Obama welcomes the #LLWS U.S. champion Jackie Robinson West All Stars to the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/X19iyI4iF4
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) November 6, 2014
But who paid for their trip to see the president?
After they won the title in 2014, the team participated in a number of fundraisers, including a T-shirt sale in partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods that raised “nearly $165,000”:
I dont normally buy sports stuff but if i do, I'll use Dick's! #JackieRobinsonWest http://t.co/wL7LN1Sx3t
— Mary Mathieu (@LiberalHDWoman) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/LMarieAsad1913/status/507364128722522112
Exit question: Should the coaches and parents who willingly engaged in this fraud and then took thousands of dollars in donations be charged with fraud?
Stay tuned…
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