re: Metairie representing in La Dixie Youth state championship

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Some of y’all don’t understand what Little League is. Little League is the name of the league.

Just like Dixie Youth or Cal Ripken

The Little League teams are travel ball teams.

These teams aren’t made up of your Wreck All Star teams. These teams are made up of legit majors and AAA travel kids that play together all summer.

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this is completely false. Little League is a Rec league that is comprised of 8-10 teams. The league is drafted and each team 2-3 stud players, then 5-6 average players and then 2-3 below average players.
At Lafayette Little League the major division is comprised of 11-12 yr olds only and is re-drafted each year. Also there is a rule in place that in order to participate in all stars a player must have been in the league the previous year. This was put in place to prevent 12 yr olds jumping into the league just for all stars.
So yes the all star team is made up of travel ball players but chances are they play on different travel teams. BUT the common denominator is they all played a full season in the Rec league. The kid has to play a minimum number of games to eligible for all stars.
Also LLL plays majority of the games during the week to free up the kids and families to do whatever they want on weekends