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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
The OP by Armadillo_Blue got me thinking (trouble on the Horizon)
For those of you who assign or have assigned, there is that one league or 2 that is the "money maker" meaning much business thrown one's way.
Not only do you get the regular season games but Tournaments as well.
The question? How do you handle?
Let's take Armidillo's case. You arrive at the field and the President of the league (who is VERY good freinds with the coach who got tossed) and is also giving you many games comes up to you and questions one of your umpires.
I will use TEE as the assignor (if that's ok) The Pres comes up and says
"TEE what is going on with your umpires? Why does coach XXX have to leave the field. He also says "we have 2 BIG tournaments coming up" you know (He only says that as a trump card to get his way)
There are many other examples. The real crux of my OP is this Do you kiss you know what since a particular league is giving you a lot of business or do you back up blue no matter what league you are assigning.
Thoughts
Thanks
Pete Booth
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I assign a 44-team league. I work for the league, not the umpires (even though I also umpire in the league). This is one thing that many umpires will never understand -- the assignor doesn't work FOR the umpires, he works for the customer (who is the person writing the check).
Now, there are times when one must "fire the customer," but before a money-maker is fired, it's going to take a lot. And the umpires may never know about a lot of the back-dealings that go on, either.