Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

In games played by 9 year olds, pretty much every play at least two or three kids are fouled. The only question would be, "Which player did the officials call the foul on?" As others have said, it may be that the official was indeed calling a foul on the player that was defending the "star" player. It's also highly likely these officials are very, very inexperienced and don't always notice who took the foul, so the wrong player could have inadvertently stepped to the line. I doubt highly this was intentional, thus no T would be warranted.

All that being said, I think those parents, coaches and others who are making this into a federal case, and wanting to show their video to a judge somewhere need to get lives. Tell them to exert their righteous indignation on more important issues than whether or not 9 year old kids do or don't make the play-offs.

Furthermore, no 9 year old leagues should have play-offs. Way, way too much pressure to put on such young kids.