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					Originally Posted by  CecilOne
					 
				 
				First of all, NEVER refer to officiating as a hobby, it is not, it is a business for those who are paid.   
 
How about current or recently retired players of fiends of theirs?  
How about friends/relatives of other umpires? 
			
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 Great!  We can't have a hobby because we're paid.  But it's OK to recruit fiends?  Ghoulish, I say!