>>> THE ROB REMEMBER WEST LITTLE
LEAGUE SAYS THEY WILL FIGHT FILE
SUIT GECHBS LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL TO HAVE THEIR
TITLE SPEAK RAIN STAILGTSED YET.
THE DIRECTOR SPOKE OUT ASKING
THE PUBLIC TO STICK WITH THE
TEAM, ONE DAY AFTER LITTLE
LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL STRIPPED
THE TEAM OF ITS NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ILLEGALLY
INCLUDING PLAYERS OUTSIDE THE
LEAGUE'S ACCEPTED BOUNDARIES.
PARIS SCHUTZ HAS LATEST.
>> Reporter: WE HEARD FROM SOME
OF THE EMBATTLED ADMINISTRATORS
OF ROB REMEMBER WEST FOR THE
FIRST TIME TODAY.
THEY STEPPED OUT BEHIND THEIR
NEWLY RETAINED ATTORNEY, VICTOR
HENDERSON, OF THE LAW FIRM THAT
REPRESENTED PEOPLE LIKE ROD
BLAGOJEVICH AND BILL BEAVERS
ANDR. KELLEY.
THE COACH WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
DID HE AND LEAGUE OFFICIALS
EXPAND BOUNDARIES WITHOUT THE
APPROVAL OF SURROUNDING LITTLE
LEAGUES, BUT THE LEAGUE'S
DIRECTOR WHO LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL HAS ORDERED
REMOVED ASKED SUPPORTERS TO
STICK BY THE TEAM.
>> AS UNITED STATES MAY KNOW WE
HAVE FACED SCRUTINY OVER PAST
FEW MONTHS AFTER ALLEGATIONS
THAT OUR PLAYER DIAGNOSIS NOT
MEET RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS AND
WE FALSIFIED RECORDS TO GAIN
PLAYERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS NEP
WERE DISMISSED BY LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL IN DECEMBER OF
2014 BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO
PROVIDE DETAILS AND FACTUAL
INFORMATION TO NATIONAL
OFFICIALS, LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL INDICATED IN
DECEMBER 2014 THAT WE SATISFIED
THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH
PLAYER'S ELIGIBILITY.
OUR FATHER LAUNCHED THIS LEAGUE
41 YEARS AGO ON THE FOUNDATION
OF GOOD SUPPORTSMANSHIP AND GOOD
TEAMWORK.
WE PLAYED HARD TO WIN A STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP, A GREAT LAKES
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND ONE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND
CLEARLY WE HAVE ONE MORE BATTLE
TO FACE.
>> PARIS, THEY MENTIONED THEY
ARE IN THE FILING ANY LAWSUITS.
WHAT IS THEIR LEGAL RECOURSE?
>> THE ATTORNEY WOULDN'T GET
INTO THE SPECIFIC CHARGES THAT
THEY IMPROPERLY EXPANDED
BOUNDARIES AND INCLUDED KIDS
FROM OTHER LITTLE LEAGUE
DISTRICTS, HE DIDN'T KNOW THE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS YET.
HE WANTEDS TO DIG INTO IT AND
GET TO THE ABOUT THE ONLY OF HOW
LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL
CONDUCTED ITS INVESTIGATION, AND
ULTIMATELY CAME TO ITS
CONCLUSIONS.
>> THEY ARE STILL THE CHAMPIONS
UNLESS AND UNTIL WE FIND OUT
THERE WAS A THEIR PROCESS THAT
WAS EVEN HANDED AND APPLIED TO
EVERY OTHER TEAM THAT MAY FIND
ITSELF IN THE SAME SITUATION.
THEIR WILL TEAMS ALL ACROSS
AMERICA AND THERE WAS SOME
RESIDENCY ISSUES, THAT HAPPENS
WHEN OTHER TEAMS HAVE THOSE
ISSUES, I DIDN'T KNOW.
HOW MANY OTHER TEAMS HAVE HAD
THESE ISSUES, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE
RESIDENCY ISSUES, DO YOU TAKE
AWAY THEIR TITLES OR METE OUT
SOME ON THE FORM OF THINGS, I
DON'T KNOW.
THEY WOULD NOT OVERANY NOR MEDIA
INTERVIEWS, THEY SAID THE LEAGUE
WILL WORK WITH ITS COUNSEL TO
ENSURE THAT OFFICIALS AND THEIR
ATTORNEY ARE FULLY EDUCATED
REGARDING THE FACTUAL BASIS OF
THE DECISION.
ATTORNEY HENDERSON PROVIDED
WRITTEN CORRESPONDENT TO BACK UP
THE CLAIMS THAT HALEY MADE THAT
AS RECENTLY AS DECEMBER, LITTLE
LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL DID SIGN
OFF ON THE NEW EXPANDED MAP BUT
THERE WAS A LOT OF PRODDING FROM
THE WEBSITE, WHICH INITIALLY
BROKE THIS STORY AND MORE
INFORMATION THAT CAME FORWARD
THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT
OVERSAW THIS DISTRICT OF SEVERAL
LEAGUES ON THE SOUTH SIDE SIGNED
OFFER ON THAT MAP WITHOUT THOSE
NEIGHBORING LEAGUES AGREEING TO
IT.
THAT ADMINISTRATOR HAD SINCE
BEEN REMOVED, NO WORD FROM HIM
ON THIS WHOT SITUATION YET
EITHER.
AND HENDERSON ADDRESSED REPORTS
THAT CHRIS JANES THE COACH FROM
EVERGREEN PARK THAT CAME
FORWARD, THE NRL ALLEGATIONS THE
LITTLE LEAGUE DISMISSED.
HE GOT THE BALL ROLLING.
HE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AND
HENDERSON ADDRESSED THAT SAYING
HE SHOULD NOT BE RECEIVING DEATH
THREATS FOR COMING FORWARD.
FMPBLTS THE PARENTS MADE SOME
MISTAKES OR DIDN'T DO SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WE
WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
THE GENTLEMAN IN EVERGREEN PARK
SHOULD NOT BE ATTACKED.
THE HALEY FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE
ATTACKED.
THE LITTLE LEAGUE OFFICIALS
SHOULD NOT BE ATTACKED.
I THINK ALL OF US AT THE END OF
THE DAY THE IRONY IS THIS IS THE
ROB REMEMBER TEAM AND HE WOULD
HAVE US ALL PLAY FAIR, PLAY
HARD, BUT PLAY FAIR.
>> JANES THE EVERYGREEN PARK
LOCAL OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED
TODAY THAT HIS LEAGUE HASN'T
FIELDED PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE
BORDER IN CHICAGO, HE SAYS THAT
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BUT
THOSE PLAYERS HAVE NEVER PLAYED
ON ANY OF EVERGREEN'S PARK
TOURNAMENT TEAMS.
HE SAYS WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO
PLAY, YOU WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE TOURNAMENT TEAM.
>> TO BE CLEAR, NEW INFORMATION
APPEARS TO HAVE SURFACED SINCE
DECEMBER, WHEN LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL FIRST SAID NO,
EVERYTHING IS OKAY, WE WILL NOT
PURSUE THIS.
>> CORRECT.
IT APPEARS THE PLAYERS ON THAT
TEAM WERE FROM, WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THAT MAP, BUT THE
PROBLEM WAS THE MAP WASN'T
LEGALLY DRAWN, THE OTHER LITTLE
LEAGUES IN THE AREA DID NOT
AGREE TO IT OR SORT OF
SNOOKERED.
THE ADMINISTRATOR OVERSAW THOSE
THAT SIGNED OFF ON A MAP THAT
WASN'T AGREED TO.
>> SO AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO
INDICATION OR ANY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ANY
WRONGDOING ON THE PART OF ADULTS
WHO WERE OVERSEEING?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF CALLS IN
THE MEDIA AND COMMUNITY FOR THE
ADULTS TO COME FORWARD TO TEACH
THE LESSON IF YOU DO THING THE
WRONG WAY HAVE YOU TO FACE THE
CONSEQUENCES BUT WE HAVE SEEN
FROM THE ADULTS TODAY, THEY ARE
GOING TO STICK THEIR FEET IN THE
GROUND FIRMLY AND MOVE FORWARD,
SAYING THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
WRONG AND THEY ARE STILL MORE
INFORMATION TO BE FOUND OUT
ABOUT HOW LITTLE LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL CAME TO THIS
DECISION.
SO NO REMORES, NO APOLOGIES YET
FROM THE ADULTS AND FAMILIES
SEEM TO BE STICKING BY THE
LEAGUE ADMINISTRATORS.
>> ANY INDICATION THAT THE
COACHES OR OTHER ADULTS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE
TEAM?
HAVE MET WITH THE PLAYERS?
>> THEY MET LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY TALKED ABOUT
STICKING TOGETHER, LIKE THEY DID
WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING ON THE
FIELD.
THERE IS A RALLY AT WAYNE BOW
PUSH, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON'S
HEADQUARTERS ON SATURDAY AND
THEY TALK ABOUT STAYING A
TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY AND THEY
HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH
EACH OTHER.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.