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| - Kickball is an absolute blast! Who knew this game would come back from our childhood and become so popular! You can drink on the fields, meet lots of cool new people, get a little exercise, and go to a local bar after the game to chat and hang with other league members. I'm heading into my 7th season and am so glad a friend turned me onto this! The games are at various parks, depending on which Division you choose. They give some discounts at the bar (light discount) after the game if you are with WAKA, and they have some parties mid and end of season. Also fundraisers for Charity, which I give a huge thumbs up to!
Now, for the more negative aspects (dun dun dun!). It's 70 bucks per person, per season. Okay, not outrageous for a sports league, but basically this gets you a crap stiff t-shirt that fits awkwardly, washes badly, and usually rips. You have to ref the league games as well. For 70 bucks a pop we can't hire a few people to come and ref?? This can also alter some calls. Say someone is reffing who "doesn't like you, or your team"? What then you ask? Well, you'll get an inaccurate call. This is if the "refs" are even paying attention or know the guidelines and rules!
Kickball being a "kid's game" also rings true at times. IT'S KICKBALL people... Not the Olympics, World Series, etc. It's a social league meant for fun. Sure, it's fun to win and have some good plays and burn (while ingesting) calories, but it shouldn't be so negative and competitive at times. If that's your bag, go join a competitive league (WAKA has those), or play softball of something. Leave the big rubber ball to those wanting to have a fun evening. We even brought a friend whom we tried to "recruit" for WAKA, who came to one game and said it didn't look like "fun" at all, and why was everyone so "serious and unfriendly while playing"? Ouch. Not the reaction WAKA wants I'm sure... In addition to all of this, WAKA forces additional team members on to your team to fill them to max capacity. So if you are being fair, everyone basically gets to play half the innings and kick once or twice. 70 bucks for a half a game?
5 stars for the pure awesomeness that is playing kickball as an adult, while drinking, enjoying being outside, meeting fun new people, and getting a little exercise.
1 star for cost, having to ref, and negativity from some players.
So WAKA I give you a 3! Get us some refs and a non POS shirt and I will up to a 4.
This just might be my last season. Let's see how it goes, because I would hate for that to be the case!
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