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Something that has been weighing heavily on my mind is the so called scandal and punishment of the Little League Team from Chicago. For those who don't know the Jackie Robison Little League team was an all African-American team that was the first ever all African-American squad to win the Little League World Series title. The Jackie Robison West team won the Little League Title fair and square, defeating all the American competition. Everything was fine, until a few weeks ago rumors were being spread that a "scandal" if you want to call it that was boiling. Fast-forward to last week, and the little kids of the Jackie Robison team were stripped of their title and the trophy was given to a team that they beat on the field. The reason for the stripping of the title was that after a long and extremely tough investigation done by the Little League association, it noticed that some of the kids did not meet the region boundaries. Basically several of the kids were not from the same neighborhoods. I am not ranting or saying something unusual, because rules have to be kept. However, the only thing I am doing is reporting as well as giving my opinion. In my opinion, the penalty for the kids of Jackie Robison team was stiff and possibly "selective'' if you catch what I'm saying. Fine someone, fire someone, heck even suspend the team from competition for a year. But take away a title that was won. It is unfair and cruel to the little kids that put their heart and soul onto playing the game they loved. I will not get into the politics and rather it was racially motivated or not; for I do not know for sure. However, I do find it hard not to believe that something is not fishy and that the investigation as well as harsh penalty seemed almost personal. For further articles checkout Dave Zirin analysis on the Melissa-Harris Perry Show.http://on.msnbc.com/19kTWew.

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