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"Say what you want about the guys in rookie ball who are 18-19, they're still superior umpires to those not "in the game.""
This is getting pretty funny.
A 19 year old kid, who may never have worked a game, is better than a D1 guy, after only 5 weeks of school and a couple of weeks of PBUC - - - man I didn't know umpiring was that easy.
Side Note:
In our area of the United States MiLB umpires would not be able to work varsity high school games or draw a college schedule until at least 2007. All fees are set prior to the seasons by contract and at both the high school and college level the "certified associations" are the only ones that can work games. There can not be a "lower priced" competitor.
Side Note #2:
Our assigning commissioner would gladly take "give back games" for umpires to have a chance to work professional games. But more likely the assigner will assign these games to our normal membership.
Side Note #3:
Mr Byron has projected exactly what could happen to this end of the professional baseball "business" . . . I tried to make this thought earlier that not unlike NAFTA, the outsourcing of this resource could save MiLB LOTS OF MONEY.
Side Note #4:
In closing MiLB will endure this issue. It will be interesting to see where the final accepted offer finalizes. But what some fail to understand is that "owners" have the power in MiLB and they will do what is necessary, and live with those outcomes, to increase the value of the asset.
That's business.
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