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Originally Posted by outathm

In any tournament I am UIC in I try to get the host to give the umpires the Protest fee if the team loses the protest. The team is usually or tacitly, questioning the umpire, not actually the rule.

This was the rule in a tourney I worked years ago when a protest on my field was not allowed. When I got back to the umpires room, everyone was talking about me buying the beer. I had no idea what they were talking about, but when the UIC gave me my half of the $500 cash protest fee I started to figure it out. The only problem was that I was 19 years old at the time, someone else had to go and buy the beer for me.

Don't believe in "protest fees". This process is part of the game.