[Scooby]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

The idea here is to be able to disseminate information easier, to be able to provide an online clinic, (which will save the expense of a trip, plus food, plus hotel, plus clinic fee, to travel to a destination where a physical clinic is being held), and to be able to test and offer continuing training to umpires via quizzes....etc. You also get a rule book, and the SUIP manual.

Not bad for $100.00, if you desire to be the best umpire out there. This is the third or fourth year of this, so we should all be pretty used to it by now.

And as you say, this eliminates the need to attend a meeting. The closest meeting for me was Indianapolis or Chicago. But one year I had to travel to Kansas City. I had a good time and saw lots of friends but from a financial point of view, paying $100 is a deal.