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Old Thu Dec 18, 2008, 03:27pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by JefferMC View Post
Could you educate someone who doesn't have a clue as to the relationship between the NCAA and the CCA and why the NCAA would publish a rulebook, but the CCA would separatly publish an umpire's manual.

I could just barely make out the "Collegiate Commisioners Association" on the top of the book, and I googled that, so I now have some idea what the CCA is, but still not why the rules and umpire's manual aren't both best handled by the NCAA.

Just a guess, but probably partly because the NCAA does not do sports officials. Local umpire associations which meet particular standards contract with leagues, conferences, schools whichever the case may be, for providing qualified umpires to work their games.
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