Nah, I'm not blaming the ASA for adult childish behavior. That is inherently built into the the game and modern society. But utrip is openly and blatantly pro SP player. You seldom hear of a any utrip guys coming to umpire forums lamenting about cry babies and ejections, because the umpires are the players. I haven't been over to softballfans for sometime, they might lament a bit there, but my guess is nowhere as much as ASA umps here.
But in city rec leagues for SP, if it is still ASA unformed umpires, the only relationship ASA wants is the fees it charges to umpires, players and league to register and insure, and bat checks for liability. Its only obligation to the umpire is covering injury and assault. Most localities wised up and either went utrip or plain blue and self insurance or W2 status. Utrip was a solution to the problem, not the problem. Utrip was an alternative and a way out of ASA auspices which provided basically nothing but rules for mandatory tribute.
If you are an ASA umpire in a local rec league wearing ASA, good luck, because you are on your own. And what surprises me is that these umpires seek forums to find support, and still don't get any straight answers from many of the staunch ASA members here. Go figure.
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Originally Posted by Skahtboi
Around these parts, local league play has been USSSA for two decades now. As many know, I gave up calling SP a few years back because I basically had to choose between SP and FP strictly from a time perspective. The choice for me was easy. I had no desire to work AA softball where they whined constantly, where beer was allowed in the dugout (private park) and where by the third game of the evening you had to have your ejection signal working overtime because the drunks suddenly became supermen in their eyes. Are you going to hold USSSA responsible for this???
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