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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Why are you compelled to answer a question posed DIRECTLY to someone else?
Secondly, I promote my group because that is called recruiting. You promote AOA and IACAO (Lord knows, you include links every chance you get). So, if I have this right, it's okay for you to promote your affiliations, but I can't.
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I do not just belong to the AOA, FVFO, COA and Far West Basketball Officials Member. I also belong to FVB, but just recently. I post the link to the AOA because it is a very good and interactive site. There is always new information put on that site. The COA does not have a very good site right now, but that is being worked on. IACAO is promoted by all thosse organizations I mentioned. And really the best site to learn about all groups. I just might post the other links if it makes you happy.
Also, at the IACAO website, there are links to all groups that have a website and contact information to all individuals associated with those groups.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
You commented that there is a problem with conferences wanting one assignor to deal with instead of using independents or mixing associations. Why is that a problem? Because you can't get those schools, maybe.
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It is a problem because of people like you. All you seem to be worried about is what school you belong to your group, rather than giving the games to people that want to work the conference. It works well in the many other sports. They hire the best at all levels, not just people from one organization.
And on a personal note, I try not to do as much traveling all over the area for baseball. It is not an issue to do that once a week during the football season or just on the weekends. It is also quite another thing to have to get to a site at 7:00 or 7:30 during the football and basketball seasons. I mainly work a conference that has no ties to any association and it works out well for me. Someone needs to realize that everyone does not have your priorities.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Because you can't get those schools, maybe. Our AD's required it, they don't have the time or energy to make the hundreds of phone calls when it rains. (Not a problem in most every other sport!) They want continuity and accountability. I guess we must be doing it well, because they keep coming back.
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No, they can hire an assignor like they do in every other sport and the assignor can hire who they want to. Not hire people based on who pays dues to a particular organization. Hell, the football assignor work very well together in our area and hire folks from all over the area.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Don't give me any B.S. about not being biased against my group, either. Several times you've posted about FVB and AOA when a rookie has a question. You said your not affiliated with them, yet you've accepted games from Jeff. So is that a lie?
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I have problems with the system and have been in IACAO meetings and said so. I have also been at AOA meetings and said so. I have worked for the past 3 years some games for the assignor of FVB. I just decided to join this year. Why, because a few of the schools are right in the area in which I live. But I had over 40 games a year not being a member of your group or FVB. I was just an AOA member.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
By the way, you never answered the question...does AOA assign high school baseball games? Is that how you can claim that Tim Kiefer and Bob Copas are AOA first - because of their heavy AOA schedules?
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No. We do not want to assign games. That is not the mission of our group and is the reason the AOA and many changed our mission statement to not put ourselves in legal issues like another group in our area. And the AOA was not the only one that did that. They did it in the COA and we have even backed off as FVFO members to not tie ourselves to a conference. And I will not mention names, but there are individuals that work for UMPS, but work other games as well. That is there choice and a personal decision.
You come here are run your mouth so much, but it is very clear you are clueless about how assigning is done in other sports. Because I work in the very same conferences that UMPS assigns and the assignors do not assign by association. They assign them by crews or who attends the camps to get evaluated. It works well in other sports, why is this a problem in baseball?
Peace