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Originally Posted by KJUmp
Would such a change be a positive or a negative?
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I think it would have both aspects.
I would think ASA would be pretty much forced to open up a little bit to different ideas.
It would still be as political as it is now.
There will be umpires that are not as good as some trying to work their way up the ladder through politicking and gladhanding, which already happens to some point, but I don't think as much in the NCAA game.
Maybe, just maybe, it would bring to fruition Billy P's philosophy that it should not be an Advance Umpire School (which isn't as strong as it should be), but a School for Advance Umpiring which would be restricted in attendence. If there is one thing most good ASA umpires will agree, the ASA national schools have become diluted through unrestricted admittence.
Umpires in my area come home frustrated.