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>>> THE ROB REMEMBER WEST LITTLE

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LEAGUE SAYS THEY WILL FIGHT FILE

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SUIT GECHBS LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL TO HAVE THEIR

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TITLE SPEAK RAIN STAILGTSED YET.

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THE DIRECTOR SPOKE OUT ASKING

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THE PUBLIC TO STICK WITH THE

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TEAM, ONE DAY AFTER LITTLE

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LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL STRIPPED

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THE TEAM OF ITS NATIONAL

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CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ILLEGALLY

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INCLUDING PLAYERS OUTSIDE THE

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LEAGUE'S ACCEPTED BOUNDARIES.

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PARIS SCHUTZ HAS LATEST.

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>> Reporter: WE HEARD FROM SOME

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OF THE EMBATTLED ADMINISTRATORS

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OF ROB REMEMBER WEST FOR THE

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FIRST TIME TODAY.

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THEY STEPPED OUT BEHIND THEIR

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NEWLY RETAINED ATTORNEY, VICTOR

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HENDERSON, OF THE LAW FIRM THAT

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REPRESENTED PEOPLE LIKE ROD

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BLAGOJEVICH AND BILL BEAVERS

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ANDR. KELLEY.

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THE COACH WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY

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QUESTIONS.

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DID HE AND LEAGUE OFFICIALS

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EXPAND BOUNDARIES WITHOUT THE

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APPROVAL OF SURROUNDING LITTLE

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LEAGUES, BUT THE LEAGUE'S

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DIRECTOR WHO LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL HAS ORDERED

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REMOVED ASKED SUPPORTERS TO

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STICK BY THE TEAM.

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>> AS UNITED STATES MAY KNOW WE

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HAVE FACED SCRUTINY OVER PAST

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FEW MONTHS AFTER ALLEGATIONS

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THAT OUR PLAYER DIAGNOSIS NOT

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MEET RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS AND

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WE FALSIFIED RECORDS TO GAIN

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PLAYERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS NEP

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WERE DISMISSED BY LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL IN DECEMBER OF

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2014 BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO

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PROVIDE DETAILS AND FACTUAL

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INFORMATION TO NATIONAL

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OFFICIALS, LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL INDICATED IN

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DECEMBER 2014 THAT WE SATISFIED

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THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH

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PLAYER'S ELIGIBILITY.

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OUR FATHER LAUNCHED THIS LEAGUE

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41 YEARS AGO ON THE FOUNDATION

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OF GOOD SUPPORTSMANSHIP AND GOOD

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TEAMWORK.

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WE PLAYED HARD TO WIN A STATE

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CHAMPIONSHIP, A GREAT LAKES

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REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND ONE

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND

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CLEARLY WE HAVE ONE MORE BATTLE

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TO FACE.

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>> PARIS, THEY MENTIONED THEY

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ARE IN THE FILING ANY LAWSUITS.

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WHAT IS THEIR LEGAL RECOURSE?

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>> THE ATTORNEY WOULDN'T GET

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INTO THE SPECIFIC CHARGES THAT

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THEY IMPROPERLY EXPANDED

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BOUNDARIES AND INCLUDED KIDS

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FROM OTHER LITTLE LEAGUE

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DISTRICTS, HE DIDN'T KNOW THE

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ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS YET.

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HE WANTEDS TO DIG INTO IT AND

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GET TO THE ABOUT THE ONLY OF HOW

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LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

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CONDUCTED ITS INVESTIGATION, AND

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ULTIMATELY CAME TO ITS

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CONCLUSIONS.

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>> THEY ARE STILL THE CHAMPIONS

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UNLESS AND UNTIL WE FIND OUT

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THERE WAS A THEIR PROCESS THAT

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WAS EVEN HANDED AND APPLIED TO

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EVERY OTHER TEAM THAT MAY FIND

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ITSELF IN THE SAME SITUATION.

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THEIR WILL TEAMS ALL ACROSS

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AMERICA AND THERE WAS SOME

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RESIDENCY ISSUES, THAT HAPPENS

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WHEN OTHER TEAMS HAVE THOSE

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ISSUES, I DIDN'T KNOW.

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HOW MANY OTHER TEAMS HAVE HAD

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THESE ISSUES, I DON'T KNOW.

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE

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RESIDENCY ISSUES, DO YOU TAKE

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AWAY THEIR TITLES OR METE OUT

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SOME ON THE FORM OF THINGS, I

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DON'T KNOW.

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THEY WOULD NOT OVERANY NOR MEDIA

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INTERVIEWS, THEY SAID THE LEAGUE

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WILL WORK WITH ITS COUNSEL TO

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ENSURE THAT OFFICIALS AND THEIR

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ATTORNEY ARE FULLY EDUCATED

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REGARDING THE FACTUAL BASIS OF

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THE DECISION.

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ATTORNEY HENDERSON PROVIDED

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WRITTEN CORRESPONDENT TO BACK UP

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THE CLAIMS THAT HALEY MADE THAT

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AS RECENTLY AS DECEMBER, LITTLE

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LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL DID SIGN

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OFF ON THE NEW EXPANDED MAP BUT

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THERE WAS A LOT OF PRODDING FROM

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THE WEBSITE, WHICH INITIALLY

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BROKE THIS STORY AND MORE

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INFORMATION THAT CAME FORWARD

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THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT

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OVERSAW THIS DISTRICT OF SEVERAL

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LEAGUES ON THE SOUTH SIDE SIGNED

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OFFER ON THAT MAP WITHOUT THOSE

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NEIGHBORING LEAGUES AGREEING TO

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IT.

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THAT ADMINISTRATOR HAD SINCE

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BEEN REMOVED, NO WORD FROM HIM

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ON THIS WHOT SITUATION YET

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EITHER.

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AND HENDERSON ADDRESSED REPORTS

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THAT CHRIS JANES THE COACH FROM

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EVERGREEN PARK THAT CAME

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FORWARD, THE NRL ALLEGATIONS THE

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LITTLE LEAGUE DISMISSED.

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HE GOT THE BALL ROLLING.

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HE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AND

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HENDERSON ADDRESSED THAT SAYING

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HE SHOULD NOT BE RECEIVING DEATH

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THREATS FOR COMING FORWARD.

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FMPBLTS THE PARENTS MADE SOME

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MISTAKES OR DIDN'T DO SOMETHING

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THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WE

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WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.

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THE GENTLEMAN IN EVERGREEN PARK

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SHOULD NOT BE ATTACKED.

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THE HALEY FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE

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ATTACKED.

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THE LITTLE LEAGUE OFFICIALS

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SHOULD NOT BE ATTACKED.

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I THINK ALL OF US AT THE END OF

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THE DAY THE IRONY IS THIS IS THE

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ROB REMEMBER TEAM AND HE WOULD

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HAVE US ALL PLAY FAIR, PLAY

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HARD, BUT PLAY FAIR.

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>> JANES THE EVERYGREEN PARK

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LOCAL OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED

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TODAY THAT HIS LEAGUE HASN'T

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FIELDED PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE

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BORDER IN CHICAGO, HE SAYS THAT

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IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BUT

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THOSE PLAYERS HAVE NEVER PLAYED

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ON ANY OF EVERGREEN'S PARK

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TOURNAMENT TEAMS.

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HE SAYS WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO

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PLAY, YOU WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR

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THE TOURNAMENT TEAM.

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>> TO BE CLEAR, NEW INFORMATION

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APPEARS TO HAVE SURFACED SINCE

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DECEMBER, WHEN LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL FIRST SAID NO,

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EVERYTHING IS OKAY, WE WILL NOT

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PURSUE THIS.

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IT APPEARS THE PLAYERS ON THAT

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TEAM WERE FROM, WITHIN THE

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BOUNDARIES OF THAT MAP, BUT THE

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PROBLEM WAS THE MAP WASN'T

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LEGALLY DRAWN, THE OTHER LITTLE

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LEAGUES IN THE AREA DID NOT

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AGREE TO IT OR SORT OF

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SNOOKERED.

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THE ADMINISTRATOR OVERSAW THOSE

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THAT SIGNED OFF ON A MAP THAT

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WASN'T AGREED TO.

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>> SO AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO

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INDICATION OR ANY

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ANY

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WRONGDOING ON THE PART OF ADULTS

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WHO WERE OVERSEEING?

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THE MEDIA AND COMMUNITY FOR THE

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ADULTS TO COME FORWARD TO TEACH

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THE LESSON IF YOU DO THING THE

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WRONG WAY HAVE YOU TO FACE THE

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CONSEQUENCES BUT WE HAVE SEEN

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FROM THE ADULTS TODAY, THEY ARE

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GOING TO STICK THEIR FEET IN THE

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GROUND FIRMLY AND MOVE FORWARD,

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SAYING THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING

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WRONG AND THEY ARE STILL MORE

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INFORMATION TO BE FOUND OUT

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ABOUT HOW LITTLE LEAGUE

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INTERNATIONAL CAME TO THIS

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DECISION.

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SO NO REMORES, NO APOLOGIES YET

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FROM THE ADULTS AND FAMILIES

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SEEM TO BE STICKING BY THE

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LEAGUE ADMINISTRATORS.

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>> ANY INDICATION THAT THE

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COACHES OR OTHER ADULTS ARE

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RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE

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TEAM?

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HAVE MET WITH THE PLAYERS?

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>> THEY MET LAST NIGHT.

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THEY SAID THEY TALKED ABOUT

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STICKING TOGETHER, LIKE THEY DID

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WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING ON THE

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FIELD.

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THERE IS A RALLY AT WAYNE BOW

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PUSH, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON'S

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HEADQUARTERS ON SATURDAY AND

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THEY TALK ABOUT STAYING A

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TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY AND THEY

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HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH

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EACH OTHER.

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>> PARIS, THANK YOU.