Whoever has done the research has done one or two things -
- Not researched thoroughly
- Not given a definition of significant (issues involving sports official compared to what)
Before I get pummelled, I don't know where or how the research was done. These are just my conclusions, thus far.
I've heard of several lawsuits involving umpires. I don't know the details, where you can find the paperwork etc. I'm just stating that it seems odd that I would have heard of 3 or 4 issues, but research has found none (or not a significant #). Could be that what I've heard is a bunch of BS. I'll admit that, too.
One thing I know for a fact is that if I were named in a lawsuit from working a USSSA game, I would not even know about it and neither would anyone else in the organization. The U-trip insurance/lawyers handle it and it doesn't trickle down. That may have something to do with the difficulty in finding data and/or takers on the "give me your story" request.
Just putting in my $.02 - that probably isn't worth $.02