re: Landon Victorian Barbe baseball

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Don’t be naive. East Bank had kids for 3/4 parishes in Little League World Series winner. Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Tammy. My cousin’s boy played on that team. Those kids could be for all over.

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I’m not naive. Little League allows you to play in the district where you attend school even if that school is private, which is probably the case in your example. The example LSU777 gave are public school kids that grew up in the district. I live in the district and know the families of several of kids in the screenshot. They could be from all over, but in this case, they are not.

I don't understand why it's a big deal if a kid goes to high school out of district. Orleans Parish high schools (let's just use Brother Martin and Jesuit) get kids from all over - Eastbank JP, Westbank JP, St Charles, St Tammany, etc. It doesn't mean that they were "recruited". If by recruiting, you mean reaching out to kids at camps, showcases, tourneys/leagues, etc then of course. And, if you're not at least toeing the line in "recruiting" then you're losing - and that goes for the schools in general, not just sports. I can say with absolute certainty that most, if not all, cross the line in "recruiting" nowadays at times. I don't know why Barbe would be any different. Not a big deal to me.