[Skahtboi]

Well John and Ed, there is a simple way to remedy that. Follow the same path that I did. I starting working USSSA because there is so much of it in this area, and subsequently our customers (the players and local PARDs) were playing it. I found myself working on the field, many times, with the state UIC. I proposed to him the idea of requiring clinics for all USSSA umpires. After some talk, he decided that if USSSA was going to get any respect, that is exactly what he would do. He also decided that he would accept attendance at either ASA or USSSA clinics to meet this requirement. Last year, North Texas USSSA began conducting and requiring clinics for all of their umpires, if they are going to call at either the state or national level.