[just another ref]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Let me ask you this, how do you propose your brethren in Louisiana go about getting higher wages? It's obvious you don't agree with how those in the four chapters went about it.

I don't have the answer. I have no part in the negotiation process. I play the hand I am dealt. If it reaches the point where it is costing me money to call games, and I no longer enjoy doing it, I will check out the private school association or give it up altogether.

As far as how the four chapters handled it, no I certainly don't agree with it. In the first place it was doomed to fail, if they thought they would get a pay raise signed now, because of the limited support given the walkout, even among the officials. Mainly, this is unacceptable because it fails to live up to an agreement which was signed by both sides. A local principal told me there is actually a signed contract between school and association. He couldn't tell me exactly what it says, because he never actually reads it, just signs it. The piece of paper is not the important part to me. I am a part of a group which has promised to do a job, so I intend to do my part. Expanding our normal area to cover games deserted by others is not quite as easy to justify, but I see the principle as the same, mainly because the schools affected by the limited area have no power to make changes on their own, even if they are inclined to do so.

No one commented on my truck driving analogy.

I own a Mack truck. I haul mainly for myself, but occasionally for others. If I have been hauling for you for a hundred bucks a trip and decide I need more, I should call you to discuss terms, right in the middle of a load.
"Hey, boss. I'd like to keep hauling for you, but the next load is gonna cost a hundred and fifty. What? Too pricey? Fine, that's up to you, but in that case I'm just gonna dump this load on the side of the road."

I don't see the difference in this and our situation. If there is one, perhaps someone could explain. If a trucker dumps a load for one of you, let me know, I'll come get it if necessary, even if that would be considered stabbing the trucker in the back who dumped it there.