LL Minn vs Iows

[Matthew F]

Just about every organized sport I have encountered is polluted with money and/or politics and is generally worse as is grows in size (local -> regional -> national). Even umpire organizations are not exempt from this, where politics plays a very heavy role. School sports seem to be better than the norm although they are filled with "beg-a-thons" and the occasional parent manipulating the system to get their child into a specific district/school.

Pick any organization and they have their flaws.

If we were to choose the games we umpire based on the "purity" of the organization, we would be sitting on our couches at home.