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Originally Posted by Bandit
I guess I will agree to disagree. This is not adult ball. This is the foundation to adult ball. These are players that sometimes need attention and protection. I believe it a part of my professional duties to protect the game and the players. I'm not saying to what extent. I think each situation will be dictated by numourous items and each time it will be different. But to turn your back because it might not be what some would refer to as "none of my business" is a chicken **** way out of a responsibility you took when you walked onto the field as an umpire to protect the integrity of the game we love.
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I don't think this even a fine line here... there's a MASSIVE gulf between "protecting the integrity of the game" and inserting ourselves into coach-player and/or coach-daughter situations. If you're seeing it, someone else is seeing it. It's not chicken-S to avoid inserting ourselves into potentially volatile situations that are frankly none of our business.
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