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Basically, little league is completely volunteers. When you have 22+ teams in a league its hard to not have a parent involved in the coaching process. I know personally, having my husband as well as other family members coaching my child has been both positive and negative for him. He definatly is worked VERY hard and yet, he gets it at home as well as the ballfield!! LOL.... He feels as though he can't make a mistake. This makes it hard for him as he puts a lot of pressure on himself. I myself have been president of a little league and I didn't let coaches vote for their own teams. Seeing as their child was on their team this took care of some of the "stigmatism" associated with the voting process of little league all-stars. I guess at the next level it depends on the kid, parent, community, and sport!! LOL

Great points!!! I don't think there is a perfect system for voting all-stars. The major league sports have had this issue for years and it's still a popularity contest. The fact the L.L. is a volenteer organization means that you WILL always have parents involved in coaching. That is just the way it is. Every year at the L.L. World Series, the Head Coach is almost always a father of a player. That is the nature of the beast in little league. Having a rule against coaches voting for their own players is a great idea, IMO. It does take some of the favoritism out of things. There is no perfect process but I like the 10 player vote and the coach picks up 2 players and again it comes down to the coach selection. The coach selection has to be right in order for this process to work and if it's not done right then it just doesn't work at all and then I think the 12 vote process is better. The coach selection can not be a popularity contest and it can't be given to someone for "all the time they put in" or "how much work they do" or " because his kid is the best player in the league" or whatever the case may be. The selection must be earned and not given to someone. The 12 vote process should and would be better if the coaching selection is a popularity contest. I completely see Devilologist points and he's right about the kids. I will say this, I know where his heart is and it's with the kids. He's definately for the betterment and developement of those kids. I've been really pleased and impressed with mostly every coach in the R.F.L.L., They want to be there and they care about the kids. Sure they are competitive and they want to win every game but it's obvious that most of them have their hearts in the right place when it comes to the kids. They work very hard to develope these kids and prepare them for the next levels and Devilologist is right there in the mix.