5 Reasons Not to Play Little League Basketball

1. The try-outs are bogus. Some coaches already have a "winning team" put together, and will not recruit your kiddo unless he knows the game enough to add to the "existing" team. The other kiddos who are already on the team won't appear for try-outs.

2. If your kiddo hasn't played any basketball at all, he will look like a lost sheep during the games. Since the try-outs are bogus, the team your kiddo ends up with, is probably a gathering of kiddos without any basketball skills.

3. If your kid is not with a "winning" team, he may end up with a coach with no coaching skills, but who has sons on the team. So, your son probably ends up not picking up any basketball skills. Didn't people use to sign their kiddos up for Little League to learn to play basketball?

4. If the coach's son plays worse than your son, your son may sit on the bench more than his, just because his dad is the coach.

5. Some of the parents think it's the NBA, and become too verbally excited during the games.