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defending your playereteamz is part of Active Networketeamz Your online team sports community PICK YOUR SPORT Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Football HockeyIce Lacrosse Soccer SoftballFastpitch SoftballSlowpitch Volleyball More Sports General Web Sites Online Registration Fundraising Community Shopping eteamz Login Find Your Sport Become a Member Testimonials Take the Tour Customer Support Company Info Find a Team or League MessageCast Spotlight Sites Collect Fees Online Registration Search Active Giving Traditional Fundraising eteamz Buddy Blogz Newz Message Boards Tips and Drills Tournaments Camps and Clinics SnapShotz TeamAdvantage Prep Sportswear Web Site Admins Online Registration Message Center TeamAdvantage Message Boards back to boards search help! defending your playerBack to BoardTotal Views 7477 Total Replies 4 Print This Post Previous Topic Next Topic Reply to this Message Report Abuse Display Mode Flat Threaded Nickname neighboreeno Posts 5 Member Since 52209 Posted 5222009 1050pmViews 2087Replies 3 defending your player My daughter was a player with La Verne Girls Softball I use the word WAS because my child lost her desire to play based on the treatment she received during the 2008 seasons I believe my daughter was a victim of bias and favoritism which prompted me to refrain from signing her up for the 2009 season She visited her some of her former teammates during the 2009 season watched them hit homeruns throw strikes and slide at home for that crucial winning point I watched with my daughter seeing her former teammates who last season could barely field a ball improve to getting a player out at home These girls who worked so hard will never reap the rewards of a job well doneNone of their hard work matters None of it matters because it had all ready been decided as it had been in former years who was going to make AllStars in some backroom of a league sponsored pizza parlor or burger joint It was already decided barring any unforeseen circumstance the same girls who have made the elite team every year should make it again This year was no different I saw several girls that exceeded the expectations indicative of what an AllStar athlete is However the league did not care It had already been decided before an assessment who was to be on what team and who was to be an AllStarThese girls these AllStars are touted by the league as an unbeatable force the players with the most the future of the game the reason they will be bringing softball back to the Olympics To this I say poppycock This league would not know true talent if it smacked them in the face because they never look for it They are too busy trying to figure out a way to keep their daughters in the AllStar spotlight The 2009 season came to a close recently I waited anxiously fo...