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Originally Posted by Justme
Now here's a totally absurd comparison for you.... Take a skilled surgeon and give him, let's say, 2 weeks umpiring training and then put them on the field to call a game. Then lets take a skilled umpire (from MLB), train him for two weeks to perform a heart bypass and then put them in the 'sterile' field of the OR. How do you think things would turn out? My bet is that the baseball game would survive better than the heart bypass patient. See, I told you it was absurd.
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One more totally absurd comparison for...Take a man flipping burgers and give him, let's say, 1 hour of umpiring training, and then put him on the field to call a game. Then lets take a skilled umpire (from
MiLB), train him for 1 hour to perform "burger flipping" and then put him in front of the McDonald's grill. How do you think things would turn out? My bet is that the baseball game would be in a lot more trouble than the McDonald's consumers. That is why MiLB umpires should be getting paid a
livable salary (or getting paid more than just above minimum wage)...because they have a unique skill. While it is a skill not on the level of a doctor (or lawyer
), it is a skill that many people could never hope to attain. My comparison too was absurd.