It really isn't ASA vs the world. All softball umpires owe our roots to ASA. But that is where most of the commonality ends. There are huge divides and differences between the old and the new, blue and red, the good and the bad, even men and women. Those feuds are inherent and ongoing, only the players have changed. Some welcome the changes, and others fight it bitterly.
The real question is, did your own peers, other ASA umpires back you or leave you to fend yourself? If so, why consult total strangers on a forum for validation? Some posters will never see past their keystrokes to ask that in sympathy. But answer that for yourself, and you will know if the ASA stands with you or not when you need them the most.
Your instinct was correct. If support from your peers was absent or distant that led you to question yourself, leave them. Run, don't walk, and go anywhere but stay.
The rest was just petty flame war BS.
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Originally Posted by Linknblue
Wow, didn't think this would generate a "word war" between ASA and other assocations. It really has nothing to do with any association. It's as a poster said, it's Rec ball run by City rec department that chooses to us ASA rules and their base and adds their own rules as the managers agree to.
I got my answer and I really appreciate it. I think I did correct and let the city take care of the problem.
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