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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst
There are a few tournaments that I have worked that clearly state that protests are decided by the TD. That being said, they usually consult with the UIC, however if the UIC is not available, its the TDs decision.
Personally, once its out of my hands,(protest has been placed), I really don't care what the decision..... It's a chain of command thing.
Also, short of being physically attacked, I can't imagine ever walking off a field.
Maybe I wouldn't accept anymore assignments from those guys, but I wouldn't even think of walking off.
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there was no protest. ive never worked a tournament where the TD made a decision on an appeal.
just going to an extreme, would you want to be part of a game where the decision was so egregious that its insulting to anyone affiliated with the game? what if the UIC decided he was going to eject not only the batter who was due up but also the 3 previous male batters, and not allow any subs to take their place, thus the team has to play with 6 fielders and 4 'auto outs'?
or to an even more unrealistic extreme, what if the UIC said anytime a minority was due up, they are ejected? thats certainly something i hope no one wants to be a part of. so technically there is a scenario in which you would leave the field, we just differ on where that line is. if players are held accountable for "making a travesty of the game" then so should umpires.
having some time to reflect, while i was definitely upset at the decision the UIC tried to render, which probably was the result of being misinformed of the situation, i was more upset at the process of coming to the decision.
just to recap, how can someone be punished for something they havent done yet, this isnt the minority report? how can one umpire be unwilling to talk to his partner first before involving other parties? how can a TD make a decision on an appeal? how can the UIC leave? how can my correct rules interpretation be completely ignored? how can the teams solution to the problem being ignored by the PU and TD? how can the UIC invoke a rule that doesnt exist and then forbid a substitution rule that does exist? how can this whole fiasco last ~30 minutes?