Illinois has cancelled Little League this year. All kids will just receive an appropriate self esteem “All Star Winner” certificates in the mail.
That is all.
That’s funny and sad. I help out with youth stuff aplenty in my town and it always irks me how some parents want everyone to receive a trophy or medal, etc... My son has so many of these things they have become meaningless. Stupid. Our Scout Pack planning committee got into it one night because some thought our den, because it had 14 boys and was by far the largest den, should receive trophies all the way down to 5th or 6th place instead of the traditional 3rd place. Since there was more competition there should be more prizes to make more boys feel good. They said it was sad that most boys wouldn’t win anything. I said it was more sad that we have a den with only 3 boys and that they were all getting trophies no matter what. We really go back and forth on this issue in scouts because scouts are supposed to be being taught traditional values, survival skills, personal resposibility, etc... we want to make strong young men out of them not coddle them - at least that’s my take on it.