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Jim,
I don't disagree with your points from an intention perspective, but reality where we are is a little different. I agree that LL intends to use full volunteers for all positions, but in our league, we have had such a problem getting umpires for all of our games that we have had to consider bringing in paid umpires. Every time we look at it, the single reason why we don't do it is because it is cost prohibitive. Unlike a lot of leagues, we have to rent our facilities at a cost of 10K/year and throwing another 10K/year on top of that to pay for umpires is more than our budget can stand.
So while I agree that the intention is for volunteers, the reality of why we do not use paid umpires is because we cannot afford it without significantly increasing the cost per child to play.
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David A. Brand
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