Allegiance (sp?)

[Rog]

re: "I guess the real answer is that there should be a certification for Summer / Fall Ball for those quality umpires that can't commit without any degree of reliability to a full HS schedule."

About that "certification" matter, at the very least they should be some what versed on the rules for the particular league of the games they are assigned, i.e. American Legion, Little League, Babe Ruth, etc.

Too many problems arise when an umpire is certified to work NFHS and then goes into another program with no knowledge of that league particular rules.

Some associations are contracted to assign umpire's to numerous baseball league programs, and get a reasonable fee for this service. But, little or no effort is made to ensure that those umpire's assigned are instructed or even briefed in the myriad of rules for those other programs.

[Edited by Rog on Dec 8th, 2001 at 12:13 PM]