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Originally Posted by DonInKansas
Gas Money, time off the normal job in some cases, not to mention buying equipment hardly makes umpiring a profitable venture. Some members here have outlined situations where they're paying out to umpire in the end with all their random fees. The money's helpful, but it's awful low on my personal list of why I do it.
Some umpire for the money. Don't generalize.
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I didn't, you went off on a rant. First, umpiring is profitable in most cases. Second, the number of umpires who aren't profitable are in the few not the many. Third, profitability is what drives umpiring which is why I said that umpires need those checks and that is the main reason why we can't stand tall for the changes that need to be made. Labor Econ 101.
The money is "helpful", stop taking it will determine how helpful it is. When I stopped taking it, it was a real issue. I thought that I would receive some kind of freedom, turns out, at first, it made me more skeptical as to why I was out there in the first place. Later, nothing really changed EXCEPT that my attitude did. I have no obligation to coaches and parents because I am a hired hand.
What I learned is if you take the pay, those who pay take ownership of you. Say all you like, but the psychology is still there. If you don't, then that relationship ends.