[AtlUmpSteve]

I guess it is a matter of opinion. My association has a price for all youth fastpitch, a different price for youth slowpitch, a third price for adult slowpitch, and a fourth price for adult fastpitch. However, every level and age of each category pays the same, and I expect (and require) that all umpires able to work any category be willing to call at all levels and ages I rate them as capable of calling.

This is part of the mentor and training relationship that we use so that every game has a senior official. Even in-park 10U requires an experienced official, and in order to provide training to newer umpires, the experienced umpires are expected to work the younger ages, too. If a senior umpire accepts 10U in-park to help the cause, it would be a double whammy to also pay him less than the 18 Gold he believes he should have that night; so we don't.