Professor Elam

Friday Feb 13, 2015

An all black Little League team won the national championship only to later be denied the win due to recruiting violations.

The Jackie Robinson team beat the Evergreen Team 43-2.  Evergreen cried foul, noting Robinson had recruited players outside their assigned boundaries. 

Chicago Team will not return trophy until it conducts its own investigation.

Here is a quote from the article.

Civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson compared the team's plight to racist policing, and the team hired law firm Henderson Adam LLC, which has represented high-level politicians accused of corruption, including imprisoned former Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Ethics are what one practices when no one is looking. The losers here are the kids on the team. With a lop sided score like that, did they need players outside their area?

But remember this is Illinois . Blago joined four former governors from that state who have gone to jail.