r/LittleLeague rules, stats, and what to post

This is the unofficial Reddit community for all things relating to Little League International, specifically Little League baseball and Little League softball. The people posting here are the people who live Little League, the parents, the volunteer coaches and managers, the board members, the umpires, and the fans of the youth game. The community is run around the Little League Pledge, and the rules ask everyone to live up to its ideals. This is a place for discussing the youth game, its volunteers, and its season to season realities, not a place for selling things to that audience.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No spam”. It bans advertising, ecommerce, fundraising, donation requests, user surveys and polls, and any request for money. It goes further than most communities, because it says if you benefit in some way, directly or indirectly, from linking to or discussing an item, service, or website, that counts as spam. That means even a soft mention of your product is not safe. Then there is “No promotion”, which speaks directly to content and app creators. It says you must contact the moderators to discuss any exceptions to the “No spam” rule, and that using Reddit primarily as a promotion tool is considered spam by this sub and by Reddit. So the only path to sharing your own content is a private conversation with the moderators first. “No links to other forums or Reddit communities” matters too, because links to other Reddit communities, online forums, Discord, and similar platforms are generally not allowed, with occasional exceptions for adjacent communities if you contact the moderators. Beyond the marketing rules, “Follow the LL Pledge”, “No bashing volunteers”, “No umpire bashing”, and “Keep it kid friendly” set the tone. Respectful discussion of boards, managers, and coaches is fine, but bashing them is not. “No memes/low energy posts” rounds it out, so throwaway jokes do not survive here.

Honestly, for a founder, the safest good post here is not a post about your business at all. It is a genuine contribution to the conversation about youth baseball or softball. If you have real experience with Little League, share a useful answer when a parent or volunteer asks something you actually know about. If you want to share content you made, an app, or a link to an adjacent community, message the moderators first and get an exception agreed before you post anything. Keep every post kid friendly and respectful, the way you would speak at a ballpark. Discuss boards, managers, and coaches respectfully if you raise problems. And skip memes entirely, because this community wants substance over jokes.

The fastest way to get removed is to link to or discuss anything you benefit from, because the “No spam” rule counts direct and indirect benefit as spam. Advertising, ecommerce, fundraising, donation requests, surveys, and polls are all named as banned. If you are a content or app creator, do not share your work without contacting the moderators first, because the “No promotion” rule treats Reddit as a promotion tool as spam. Do not link to other subreddits, forums, or Discord servers without asking the moderators, per “No links to other forums or Reddit communities”. Do not bash volunteers, boards, managers, coaches, or umpires, because “No bashing volunteers” and “No umpire bashing” remove those posts even when your critique is about a real problem. Keep every word kid friendly, because “Keep it kid friendly” holds you to the standard of behavior at a Little League ballpark. And skip memes and low energy posts, because “No memes/low energy posts” gives them no home here.

The “No promotion” rule here is unusually upfront, because it tells content and app creators to contact the moderators before posting anything. I also respect that the rules spell out umpire bashing separately, which tells you exactly how protective this community is of its volunteers. If your product touches youth sports, this is a room to listen in, not a room to launch in.