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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
It's a bargain if you have $3,500 as a 19 yr old kid...not many kids have that amt of cash...please understand, I'm not ripping ump school at all...but where I come from, no matter how you look at it...paying $3,500+ for 5 weeks of school, plus whatever anybody makes as income for 5 weeks makes for an expensive school...whether the person working doesn't work and takes an unpaid leave from his/her job or takes 5 weeks paid vacation w/ no vacation left the entire year...All I'm saying is the tuition is probably the least expensive part of umpire school...
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True. But, as Jim Evans says, those who sacrifice the most to chase their dream usually do the best.
Matt lost his car in an accident and chose to use some of the insurance money to go to proschool instead of buying another car. He learned how to get around on a bicycle and public transportation whether it was to school, work or games.
He saved enough to attend the Florida Classic prior to the five week so he could brush up a bit.
He moved out of his rental in Tacoma and we stored his stuff so he wouldn't have needless expenses while at school.
All he was promised was that his mom and I would buy him an Academy class ring if he was an honor grad and a new professional equipment bag/case if he got a contract.
The ring arrived today. I'm ordering the bag Monday.
I guess what I'm saying is that if it is truly that important to you, you'll find a way.
Good luck. I hope you do well.