The US has banned the Venezuelan senior Little League team from playing in a tournament in South Carolina, the premier international competition for 13-16-year-olds. You might be angry because:
a) you coach/coached youth sports and the VEN team earned its spot by winning a play in-tourney. The rest of the field is denied an opportunity to test itself against an elite opponent.
b) it sets a horrible precedent for the World Cup next year and the Summer Olympics in LA in 2028. FIFA and the IOC should pull out of the US so long as these travel restrictions are in place. This will happen again, on a larger scale.
c) you love baseball and this is awful for the future of the sport. VEN produces the third most MLB players after the US and Dominican Republic. You've got superstars like Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ranger Suarez, legacy guys/future Hall of Famers like Sal Perez, and dozens of blue collar contributors. The sport suffers by closing the door to VEN players.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/25/trump-travel-ban-little-league-00477894