[AtlUmpSteve]

I may be confused in the pronouns, but it sounds to me like your group is looking to get in even deeper.

If I follow, the group took an action against a member which could not be supported; he pressed it, you knew you would lose, you settled. You had an informal agreement to keep quiet, but it appears you didn't sign a nondisclosure agreement which would provide a remedy if someone spoke out.

Now that your dirty laundry is being publicly aired, you think you can suspend or expel someone because they disclosed when you didn't sign a nondisclosure agreement? You won't win that lawsuit, either; and this is obviously someone who knows his rights, and is willing to press his position.

I don't disagree that this public airing wasn't beneficial to softball or umpiring; but your association apparently failed to take appropriate measures to protect against that.