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IMO Ace & Garth have nailed it.
Point:
Each Oct/Nov LL Districts nominate umpires for region & WS assignments. Our dist was advised we had three spots (BLSB region, JrBB region 7 BLBB region) and told to nominate three umpires. Two of the three nominated deserved the spot due to BOTH quality and service time. One was sent because he is on dist staff (I would rate this umpire as a solid 2 1/2 on a scale of 1-5).
One of the sister districts to us has held Jr/Sr BB state the past two years. The local guys are 25% very good & 75% zeros. We offered to send umpires/crews but were rejected because they wanted to "Reward the dist staff". I ended up doing two games (there because we had teams playing) because the assigned umpires failed to show. Out of 4 partners ONE had a clue, the rest were terrible.
Because LL does NOT pay game fees or travel they are often stuck with umpires that are able/willing to go to region/WS. It sucks but that's how it is ..
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