CHICAGO — The lingering effects of the Jackie Robinson West cheating scandal has kept kids from participating in playoff tournaments this year, but it hasn't stopped the disgraced league’s leaders from continuing to raise plenty of cash from big-time donors, including Foundation To Be Named Later, the charity run by Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and his brother.
But a push to raise cash for JRW's fledgling legal fight against Little League — a move aimed at getting the league's U.S. Title reinstated — flopped online.
Jackie Robinson West launched a campaign on fundrazr.com seeking $100,000 in donations to fund its legal fight aimed to force Little League to give the 2014 team the title back.
So far, after 66 days online, four people have donated just $90.
Jackie Robinson West's Fundrazr.com page as of Friday afternoon. [Fundrazr.com]
It’s unclear if the sluggish legal fee fundraiser signals a decline in public support for the Jackie Robinson West leaders, who recently filed court documents asking a judge to answer questions about how Little League came to its decision to strip the title, but refuse to answer important questions themselves, including: Did they cheat? And how is money donated to the league being spent to benefit kids?
But Jackie Robinson West, which has received more than $200,000 from public donors, continues to raise plenty of cash from big-money donors.
For instance, JRW is listed as one of the organizations set to receive part of the proceeds from the sold-out Hot Stove Cool Music concert featuring Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder produced by Epstein’s foundation at Metro earlier this month.
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