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I would like to proudly point out that when watching the USA games, you are not seeing the umpires from this country.
And, just so you know, ISF runs clinics and schools around the world, but the local umpires are still trained locally. There is no guarantee that the umpires sent to the Olympics by other nations have equal access to the training that we have in the states. I'm sure that Pollard and Butler run all the umpires through a clinic before the games start, but as we all know, the umpires really needed to know what it going on before they got to Athens.
BTW, Raoul and others not located in the US, please note that I am not questioning the abilities or commitment to the game of umpires outside the US, I just don't know if you have the training as easily accessible as there is here.
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