[AtlUmpSteve]

In my opinion, anything less than a single game fee for umpires that

1) Accepted the assignments, making them unavailable for anything else,
2) traveled to the game site at their own expense, and
3) started a game at the direction of the tournament

is unacceptable and inappropriate. Without any additional circumstances being known; if it were a benefit or for charity, for example.

As an umpire assignor/coordinator, I would refuse to send that TD any further umpires, and counsel my umpire staff to avoid any other effort. If part of a major sanction, I would also pursue through that State Commissioner/Director and State UIC; if they support the nonpayment, then I would no longer support that sanction.