Little Leauge Parents Pay Duke's fine

[Bdog9090]

<h4>http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...Elijah-Dukes-gets-lift-from-Li?urn=mlb,157945</h4>

<h4>News & Notes: Elijah Dukes gets lift from Little League team</h4> <p class="byline">By 'Duk</p>

A few items to peruse while signing up to follow The Stew on Twitter ...</p>

• This Elijah Dukes fined for charity work story keeps getting better and better.</p>

As reported by the Washington Post today, the local Little League the Nationals outfielder visited has raised enough money to cover the cost of the fine that Dukes received from manager Manny Acta after showing up to Nationals Park five minutes late last Saturday.</p>

According to the story, Dukes was late to report because he stayed at the event through a 54-team parade of Great Falls Little League teams, several speeches, a cheerleading routine, the National Anthem and then his own remarks to the children.</p>

Feeling bad that Dukes was benched, fined and threatened with demotion, the parents of the Little Leaguers decided they had to do something for the player who "was here for us." </p>

From the Washington Post: </p>

"The next day we're reading the paper, and we're hearing he was [fined and] benched," said Leslie McClain, mother of 11-year-old Luke. "We were just really horrified by that, so our first thought was we want to raise the money in the community to pay that fine. We just think it's appalling."</p>

After a short email campaign, the Little League raised $501 to send to Washington - $500 for the original fine and $1 to "cover any administrative costs." Any surplus will be donated to a Little League in Southeast D.C. in Dukes' name.</p>

It's a nice ending to a story that should have never become an issue in the first place. However, one fact in the story stood out to me: Dukes was paid $500 for his original appearance at the event, so it doesn't exactly match the true description of "charity work."</p>

Does the fact he got paid change your opinion over this controversy at all?</p>

</p>

 

[msudawg12]

If Dukes allows this money to pay his find he's a jackass.

I know that the fine and benching are ridiculous but with what he's paid he should not allow them to pay this. Or, he should let that money go direct to that other Little league

 

[Stansfield]

Is this 1921? It sounds like a joke. Kenny Powers was getting $200 to show up to Ashley Shaffer's car dealership and that was because he was a desperate out of work pitcher. Is it really $500? Sounds like really low numbers. For the fine and the appearance fee.