LL Minn vs Iows

[Rich Ives]

"Wannabe NCAA or top FED umpires ignore his "belittling" at their peril."

Two points.


1) Most youth league umpires are not Wannabee NCAA or top FED umpires and have neither the time not inclination to be one. They just want to improve what they do for their youth leagues. And so what if there are thousands of the top dogs. Based on player participation numbers, there are probably 10 times as many youth league umpires as top echelon umpires This means there are a significant number of folks who are not at all affected by upper echelon hooey, and most don't care. His opinion, alone or shared, still represents a minority. (The notion that it has to apply to everyone is where the intolerant thought originates.) Which leads to

2) How sad it is that the top dogs don't, or refuse to, recognize this.




[Edited by Rich Ives on Aug 20th, 2005 at 07:16 PM]