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Originally Posted by blueump
I've always read with interest the amount you guys from other states get paid for doing High School Varsity and JV games. I even told my wife that someone claimed to get $110 for a varsity double header. Her response was the same as mine...her mouth dropped open!
Here in Northern Michigan we usually get $35 for a single game and $65 for a double header. Some schools include mileage. JV usually pays $10 per game less. I've worked here in Michigan for nearly 17 years now, and this is standard, not just select schools ripping us off.
In fact, for the state tournament I think, the MHSAA still pays only $40 at the District and Regional level, and only $50 bucks for doing the semi-finals and finals. How is it that Michigan is apparently so far behind?
(Oh, by the way...LL here is voluntary...once in a while some may pay up to $20)
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Well, for one thing, the cost of living here in California is ridiculously high compared with Michigan, and many other states. I have noticed that other high cost of living states usually do pay the umpires a bit more.
As far as Little League, it is voluntary here too, if they have District umpires, which many of the leagues here do not. If they didn't hire paid umpires they would not have umpires.