Little League World Series to Sign NIL Deal after dominating MLB in the Ratings

On the heels of the El Segundo Little League team’s World Series win, and viewership dominance on ESPN, the league has announced that they will be signing NIL deals and putting endorsement money right in the kid’s pockets. Over the weekend the Little League World Series drew an incredible 10 million viewers, which was 9 million more than all of the MLB games over the weekend, combined. People love little league baseball, and that is now going to translate into a bundle of endorsement dollars for all of the popular players. As of this writing, Oscar Meyer, Capri Sun, Nerf, and Rawlings have signed players to deals, with additional companies and contracts expected in the near future. The largest deal was for the Great Slambino, Timmy Turcotte, a portly little slugger from Maine, who gained popularity for slamming hot dogs between every inning. He is said to have received half a million dollars from Oscar Meyer. Concerns have been raised about child labor and the circumventing of child labor laws, but the league has called those concerns unfounded. The exploitation of ‘Baby Gronk’ by his father was cited as a problematic example by objectors, who likened the deal to pouring jet fuel on a terrible fire by giving psycho parents incentive to abuse their kids. We spoke to Edward Turcotte, father of the Great Slambino, and he had this to say, “Fuck everyone who thinks we shouldn’t have this money. Do you know how many hot dogs that boy eats? A lot. And I deserve a new truck.” We asked Timmy what he planned to spend money on and he grinned before saying, “hot dogs and hookers,” which earned him a pat on the back from his proud papa. NIL money has brought renewed scrutiny to amateur sports, and new questions concerning how young is too young to be a paid athlete.