Based on my personal experience with this league, the people who run this league do very little to protect children, and they prevent children from earning money when the opportunity arises. Example - We scouted a few teams looking for players for a television pilot we were filming. I sent information, along with a few references, to league president Rebecca Canada and league safety officer Doug Ridley. I explained that we do not approach children directly, for safety reasons, and I asked them if they would simply pass on our info to the parents of the 6 kids we were interested in. They refused. I then tried to bluff them by telling them that we would be forced to approach the kids directly if they didn't pass on our info to the parents. Doug and Rebecca didn't care. What??? All they had to do is pass on our info to these parents, instead, they are telling out of town strangers to approach these kids directly. Not only do they put the kids in possible danger, they are denying these kids an opportunity to earn some money. Doug and Rebecca should have passed on this info to the parents and allowed the parents to decide whether or not they wanted their child to participate. Approaching these kids directly is not illegal. We prefer to play it safe by going through league officials. Only problem, league officials do not care whether or not out of town strangers approach these kids. If we were bad people, league officials would be putting children in possible danger. One other thing. This league has a sponsor, a company owned by a league member, that designs adult only websites. The leagues website was also designed by this company that also designs adult only websites. Any child looking through the league website and clicking on a link to this sponsor would be subjected to photos that are not appropriate for children.
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