Just PAY the darn bill . . .

[PeteBooth]

Tee we get paid at the plate conference EXCEPT for tournaments in which the assignor collects the money UP FRONT and pays us after the tournament

If by chance we get a bad check, we are reimbursed for ALL bank FEES and from then on for that particular team ONLY cash will be accepted.

We often talk about what should be said at the plate conference. In our association number one on the list is MONEY. No money no baseball.

Also, if we show up and one team does not have enough players we get paid a FULL game FEE. If we show up (before first pitch is thrown) and the rains come then we get a travel FEE.

In my area there is plenty of baseball so no one is "crying" that they cannot get enough games. If they do not get many games it is on them meaning their availability. In fact we have a shortage and personally I am averaging 6-8 games just on the weekends.

I do not know about your area, but youth leagues have "sky-rocketed" in my area. Legion now has 3 divisions. 19 and under , 17 and under and this year they started a 15 and under Program.

My summer assignor attends most of the meetings for the clients we service and our payment structure is SPELLED OUT UP FRONT so that there is no confusion / problems as in your OP.

We have a very good assignor who treats us fairly but most important when you schedule you need the right temporment otherwise teams will walk all over you.

The bottom line as you say is that there is no formal payment schedule.

BTW Tee are the umpires that work for this particualr association "dropping like flys" and will your association slowly but surely start picking up these contracts.

Pete Booth

[SanDiegoSteve]

For HS games, we filled out vouchers in the home dugout before the game. Most schools would send our checks without delay. Others you had to cajole into paying you, including several phone calls to various administrators and even trips to the finance office of the school.

For adult league and youth games, pay at the plate before game, or the snack shack after the game. No pay, no umpires to the league until umpires paid. Our assignor didn't put up with teams/leagues not paying the umpires. We always got our money right away. If there was any problem with a league paying the assignor, the association paid the umpire and went after the league for reimbursement.