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Response
I live in central New Jersey. Sub-Varsity ball is assigned by the AD's of each school, my assignor only assigns varsity games. The AD called him because he couldn't get a second umpire.
I called him to advise of the situation, but it will have no impact as this guy is only certified to do Eub varsity ball.
Our association does a wonderful job of explaining the rules and answering questions, but is just now beginning to get into performance. They are starting by adding penalties for not attending meetings. There is no clinic requirement.
Another problem is that the varsity assignor(who happens to be an umpire) is hired by the high school conference. He is not hired by our association. To take it even further, the senior American Legion assignor isn't even an umpire. So our asociation has very little power to clean out incompetent umpires. The only hammer they control is the assignment of tournament umpires.
Since the above is the case, I feel that I am helpless in the above matter. If anyone asks my opinion about this individual, I give a very honest assessment. The good news is that most umpires in the association know him. The bad news is that there is such a shortage of umpires especially at the sub varsity levels, that he will continue to work. I feel sorry for the game because he gives it a bad name.
Thanks for all of your thoughtfull responses
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