Are umpire associations to blame

[Welpe]

I think a local association is well within their rights to tell a league fraught with problems that they will no long provide umpire services for them (barring any contractual agreements of course). I am only speaking of summer and rec type leagues that are similar to the one Rich dealt with. I realize in most areas with umbrella organizations such as the NFHS there is more accountability and assigning is a more structured affair. Here, for high school games, indepdendent associations are certified by the state and they contract with either a school or a conference for umpire services. In this area, it is certainly within an association's right to no longer provide services for a school once their contract expires.