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[QUOTE=Cub42]First of all, you said there was a bad storm the night before. Your assignor could have called the home coach by 10 am to check on the field conditions.
The aforementioned is NOT the job of the assignor.
In my association, it is up to the manager of the team to call the assignor if a game is cancelled or moved to a different site. In our contract, the manager has up until 2 hours before game time to make the determination. RE: The assignor needs that time to get in touch with the umpires doing the game if it is cancelled or moved. Most of us if we travel to a game leave approx 45 minutes to an hour before time to make sure we get to the game site on time.
The answer to the thread IMO lies in the type of contract one's association has with it's clients. In ours if the field is unplayable, we take our Game FEE and go home. IMO, hanging around will only cause problems.
Also, depending upon one's association, there might be another crew doing the second game, therefore, if the field isn't ready for game 1 take you FEE and the next crew will determine if the field is playable for game 2.
We do not get paid to negotiate.
Pete Booth
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Peter M. Booth
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