<P> Bill Plaschke is a Los Angeles Times sports writer who also contributes to ESPN from time to time . He has written an article about the exploitation witnessed during a televised game of the Little League World Series . He describes in detail situations, such as children pouting in an attempt to hold themselves together in tough situations, parents yelling at the players, all which is aired in what can be perceived as an exploitation of their situations, for which there are many examples of in television . Plaschke says the blame is not on the networks, but on the Little League itself because if ESPN or ABC did not show the games then some other network would . Plaschke also said we just don't need to see it, and they don't need us to see it . Cameras do not help already tense situations, arbitrarily deter from what matters, and unjustly exploit . The cameras change everything for kids who just aren't ready for it . He brings up the point that no other league exploits their kids at such an early age . Most of these kids are between the age of 11 - 12 . The earliest you see football and basketball stars are High school, and you cannot see hockey stars till college . A lot of this may have to do with popularity, and money, but that is why Plaschke blames the League the most for this . </P> <P> The pressures of these kids mirror those of a major league baseball team on any given day . On most days these kids are playing in front of crowds of 45,000 people who are hanging onto their every pitch . This is more fans than some major league teams can only dream about having in their own stadiums . Most of the star pitchers are throwing about 200 pitches on short rest which is something that you will never even see anymore in the major leagues . </P> <P> The pressure is not limited to the fans at the park . According to Biz of Baseball the 2009 had 1.56 million viewers . This was a 60% increase from the year before . </P>

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