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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
I am talking summer ball only. In HS like Garth we get our monthly check
In summer ball with the exception of Tournaments (the assignor gets the money up front and pays us after the tournament is over) we get paid at the plate.
if we do not get paid at the plate we do not do the game. We inform the assignor and good luck on those teams getting umpires in the future.
Using your scenario you could do a Double Dip and not get paid for some 5/6 hours of work.
Also, at least from my experience, I am not going to wait around until AFTER the game to get paid - too many problems.
The aforementioned is the accepted practice in the association and area in which I work.
As they say to each his own
Pete Booth
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For HS we do not get a monthly check- paid at the pregame meeting like summer.
But yes, what i was referring to when my assignor says "don't worry, you'll get paid" is that we will eventually (probably by next meeting) get paid in full for whatever we worked and didn't get paid up front for.
I would never wait around until after a game for money. Too much bad stuff can happen as you said. My partners are not going to up and leave, make everyone go home, and reschedule for another day just because they don't have the money up front. We will get our money and the coach will be severely repremanded by our assignor, but just up and leaving is not the way we want it handled in our area.
Likewise, if i umpired in your area, i'd do the same as you.