Thread: can't get games
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Old Thu May 30, 2013, 07:40am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by BornToReferee View Post
The issue of other insurance wasn't know over that time span.
Hmph. For someone who is much more concerned with adequate insurance coverage and potential litigation, I would have expected you to be able to teach a class on the subject at umpire clinics.

I think it speaks volumes that there isn't anyone here that feels you did no wrong. I'm not suggesting that the assignor was completely in the right here. But there is a reasonable expectation that the scheduling of umpires for games is a shared responsibility. The assignor is responsible for making the assignments, and the umpires are responsible for knowing they are fully qualified and capable of taking those assignments. You failed in making sure you were qualified--at least in your mind when it comes to insurance--and dropped the ball on giving the assignor a proper heads up. And now you want to sue. You're not going to get any sympathy here from people who have been on both sides of the fence for much longer than you.
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