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Originally Posted by umpirebob71
There is a person in Ohio who charges a scheduling fee, AND charges every umpire between $2-4, per umpire, per game. He only gets umpires that are desperate along with rookies who know no better. It's despicable.
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I agree 100%.
It is not proper for an assignor to receive compensation from both the league and the assigned umpires. The assignor, albeit usually an umpire, should work for either the league OR the umpires, NOT both. To be paid by both creates a conflict of interest.
A few years ago I found out from a youth softball group that they were supposed to pay a lump sum flat fee to our organization for taking care of the assigning at the end of the season (once the games were totaled). We didn't know that when we paid the umpires, so a fee was taken out originally. Despite everyone being happy with the way things were, we still reimbursed the umpires for the fees. It's unethical to do otherwise.
I've seen "assignors" (an kiss-a$$ umpire friendly with a few leagues) create their own so-called association just so umpires would pay them money for the right to join and get access to the games. That's a load of garbage too. Unless the association is providing a service other than mere assigning (e.g., rule books, interpretations, mechanics, etc.) then no umpire should have to pay someone who is paid by the leagues for assigning just to get access to games.