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Old Thu Feb 06, 2014, 08:29am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by shagpal View Post
I have always been charged $25 for the extra bollinger.

are you saying that there are ASA regions that add a profit margin on top of the cost on its umpires?
In some cases, yes. It used to be a joke in some areas of the Central Atlantic where a commissioner acted like he was doing you a favor by "allowing" you to get the insurance through his association when it would have been $5 cheaper to get it through your own local (assuming they were not padding the cost, also).

The key here is that you must register a minimum of 10 umpires to get the policy. In some areas, that just isn't something that is going to happen.
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