Cooperstown Dreams Park Tournaments

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by seioaump

You'll arrive on Friday or Saturday and get checked in. There are opening ceremonies on Sat night with a parade of teams into the park (96 Teams), then they break off and have several skills competitions.

A parade! Maybe I should rethink going.

[seioaump]

mrm,

No please don't...

With that type of attitude, you'd spoil everyone else's trip...

As I've said before, if you haven't been, then you can't knock it.

Didn't your mom ever say, "how can you say you don't like it, when you never tried it"?

This is one of those instances!

[bellsjc]

I live about 35-40 minutes from cdp. I don't understand the whole concept of using free umpires. If the level of ball is so good, and I know that it costs a ton of $ for these teams to play, why in heavens name don't they pay for umpires? You know the old saying... you get what you pay for. My local little league B-level uses volunteer umpires. Get my drift?

[lmathews19]

You mean to tell me that CDP doesn't pay the umpires a penny? What a joke! The kind of money they make and the kind of tournament that is, they ought to pay above the going rate. I've been asked to umpire the Perfect Game national tournament in East Cobb and they pay $50 a game, about $10 more than what I get locally. If they don't pay, don't waste your time or money. I don't care if you get free crap or all expenses paid for, you'll end up losing money. I'm amazed they even get anybody to umpire that tournament, at least anybody of decent quality.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Just like the Little League World Series, which makes a boatload of money in TV revenues and merchandising, but the umpires have to volunteer their time. It is supposed to be a great honor to umpire these CDP games. They would have to honor me with some cash. Aside from the one or two scheduled scrimmages per year that our association tosses in for free to each High School, I have never worked a game for free, and it would take more than a couple of shirts and a jacket to get me to start now.

[3appleshigh]

How about ROOM AND BOARD?? PLUS THE MERCH.?? Don't forget that that is included as well.

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

How about ROOM AND BOARD?? PLUS THE MERCH.?? Don't forget that that is included as well.

2 shirts and a supposedly poor quality hat and poor quality ball bag?