Should Little League players be paid?

[brevity]

Timely thread. For the first time, Little League makes the cover of Sports Illustrated:

sicover.jpg

Surprisingly, Mo'Ne Davis is not the first 13-year-old female to grace the SI cover. Can anyone think of another?

[Bostondevil]

Timely thread. For the first time, Little League makes the cover of Sports Illustrated:

sicover.jpg

Surprisingly, Mo'Ne Davis is not the first 13-year-old female to grace the SI cover. Can anyone think of another?

Hmm - Tara Lipinski was on a cover but I think she was 15 at the time. What about Michelle Wie? I think Jennifer Capriati did it at 13 although she might have been 14.

[brevity]

Surprisingly, Mo'Ne Davis is not the first 13-year-old female to grace the SI cover. Can anyone think of another?

Hmm - Tara Lipinski was on a cover but I think she was 15 at the time. What about Michelle Wie? I think Jennifer Capriati did it at 13 although she might have been 14.

That was quick. I remember their dopey tagline.

sicover2.jpg

The SI archives did not show a cover for Tara Lipinski or Michelle Wie. (Lipinski may have been on a cover of SI for Kids?)

[Reilly]

... If you aren't allowed to bring in "ringers" for geographical reasons, I strongly suspect there are rules against paying them as well. What other incentive would there be to pay players? ...

Probably a whole 'nother thread, but here goes:

Why pay Little League baseball players -- what incentive is there to pay them?

1. To stop playing in the dirt.
2. To pay attention.
3. To not swing a bat when a teammate is around.
4. To stop hiding teammates' things (e.g., buried in dirt).
5. To not steal a teammate's "Big League Chew".
6. To not steal a teammate's sunflower seeds.
7. To cheer for a teammate.
8. To quit singing "Frozen" and watch the game.
9. To know when it is their turn at bat.
10. To know where they are playing in the field.
11. To quit questioning an ump's call.
12. To hustle.
13. To quit making a mess of the dugout.
14. To keep up with their hat.
15. To keep up with their glove.
16. To keep up with their sunglasses.
17. To keep up with their batting gloves.
18. To quit squirting water on each other.
19. To quit asking the score every 2 seconds when the score hasn't changed.
20. To respect the game the way older generations have.

Basically, you'd be paying them to not be (modern) kids.

Maybe we should pay them.

[Bostondevil]

Probably a whole 'nother thread, but here goes:

Why pay Little League baseball players -- what incentive is there to pay them?

1. To stop playing in the dirt.
2. To pay attention.
3. To not swing a bat when a teammate is around.
4. To stop hiding teammates' things (e.g., buried in dirt).
5. To not steal a teammate's "Big League Chew".
6. To not steal a teammate's sunflower seeds.
7. To cheer for a teammate.
8. To quit singing "Frozen" and watch the game.
9. To know when it is their turn at bat.
10. To know where they are playing in the field.
11. To quit questioning an ump's call.
12. To hustle.
13. To quit making a mess of the dugout.
14. To keep up with their hat.
15. To keep up with their glove.
16. To keep up with their sunglasses.
17. To keep up with their batting gloves.
18. To quit squirting water on each other.
19. To quit asking the score every 2 seconds when the score hasn't changed.
20. To respect the game the way older generations have.

Basically, you'd be paying them to not be (modern) kids.

Maybe we should pay them.

You know what else, there are child labor laws, if you do start paying them, practice time and playing time will be severely limited. It might not be darkness or pitch counts that would end games, it might be that the kids have exceeded their allowed weekly work time.

Reilly - I think you're confusing salary with incentive clauses. ;-)

[wavedukefan70s]

Our local district gives a travel stipend to the kids parents usually covers meals for the kids.thats plenty enough.plus they pay for uniforms .we got 100 dollars .i spent it back on the team.we took it as a honor to be able to play for a state title.to be honest i love watching the kids interact and have a good time.
As some have said yes there some bad parents and big egos.lots of good ones to.
As for the work week comparison.they can only pitch so many innings.

[-jk]

Probably a whole 'nother thread, but here goes:

Why pay Little League baseball players -- what incentive is there to pay them?

1. To stop playing in the dirt.
2. To pay attention.
3. To not swing a bat when a teammate is around.
4. To stop hiding teammates' things (e.g., buried in dirt).
5. To not steal a teammate's "Big League Chew".
6. To not steal a teammate's sunflower seeds.
7. To cheer for a teammate.
8. To quit singing "Frozen" and watch the game.
9. To know when it is their turn at bat.
10. To know where they are playing in the field.
11. To quit questioning an ump's call.
12. To hustle.
13. To quit making a mess of the dugout.
14. To keep up with their hat.
15. To keep up with their glove.
16. To keep up with their sunglasses.
17. To keep up with their batting gloves.
18. To quit squirting water on each other.
19. To quit asking the score every 2 seconds when the score hasn't changed.
20. To respect the game the way older generations have.

Basically, you'd be paying them to not be (modern) kids.

Maybe we should pay them.

Huh! I have one of those kids on one of those teams! No championship in sight, but he's having fun...

-jk

[lotusland]

Probably a whole 'nother thread, but here goes:

Why pay Little League baseball players -- what incentive is there to pay them?

1. To stop playing in the dirt.
2. To pay attention.
3. To not swing a bat when a teammate is around.
4. To stop hiding teammates' things (e.g., buried in dirt).
5. To not steal a teammate's "Big League Chew".
6. To not steal a teammate's sunflower seeds.
7. To cheer for a teammate.
8. To quit singing "Frozen" and watch the game.
9. To know when it is their turn at bat.
10. To know where they are playing in the field.
11. To quit questioning an ump's call.
12. To hustle.
13. To quit making a mess of the dugout.
14. To keep up with their hat.
15. To keep up with their glove.
16. To keep up with their sunglasses.
17. To keep up with their batting gloves.
18. To quit squirting water on each other.
19. To quit asking the score every 2 seconds when the score hasn't changed.
20. To respect the game the way older generations have.

Basically, you'd be paying them to not be (modern) kids.

Maybe we should pay them.

The above list pretty well describes my Little League experience in the 70's. Was that the modern era? I played pitcher and my older brother was the catcher. I think I may have been the only pitcher in the history of Little League who's own catcher stormed the mound to beat him up. Boy were my parents proud!

[wavedukefan70s]

Just a bit of trivia .The girl in the 2005
Version of bad news bears actually was a pitcher her fastball was clocked at 70 mph when she was 12.
She passed away at 20 yes old in 09 I believe in a car wreck.

[Reilly]

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