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Old Thu Jun 05, 2008, 07:54pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
If your assignor says, "no sunglasses," then no sunglasses. It's stupid, but hey, they hold all the cards.
I will disagree with this one. First things first. The assignor is NOT the one out on the field in front of God and the world trying to be perfect. If you cannot see the play, the odds of perfections are greatly diminished. BTW, when the umpire on the field doesn't get it right, it's the umpire who is replaced, not the assignor. Also, I don't believe the assignor has the authority to circumvent the guidelines of sanctioning body sponsoring the contest. If I had stopped umpiring when I was told by quite a few people that I would go no where in softball with a beard, I probably would have stopped 15 years ago.

I have little use for assignors who abuse their position and ability to negatively affect someone else's life for the purpose of promoting their own agenda or personal beliefs.
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