Game fees.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

Are you guys kidding? No game no fee, that makes total and complete sense. If I hire the kid next door to mow my lawn , he gets paid when the lawn is mowed. If he starts and does not finish because of weather, sorry kid no pay. If I hire a guy to paint my house, fix my plumbing, wash my car, serve me a meal at Red Robin -- same deal, no work (or incomplete work) no pay. How can I require a standard from others, but not hold myself to that same standard. While we usually don't get paid on site (with very few exceptions) we wont get paid for any game that is weathered out before official. I have umpired a contest that was stopped in the fourth because of rain -- no pay. I have shown up at the field for a game to have the field rained out at game time -- no pay.

While I value much of what I read in these forums, Getting paid for no work is one topic which we may disagree. I fully expect some to take great offence at my stand on this topic -- this is the way it is done here, I expect it is done differently elsewhere. But I think the assigner mentioned by the original poster is right.

Welcome to America where all opinions are received and encouraged.

Do you ask the kid next door to come over and wait to see if you decide you want the lawn mowed, then tell him no after watching it rain for half an hour?

The game fee or half a game fee for showing up is used as much as a discouragement to that lame practice.

When I spend the time to get to a game and then wait a half hour for the home coach to decide if the game starts or not, I deserve compensation.

Trying hiring a plumber, have him hang around and do nothing and then tell him you changed your mind. If you don't get a bill for time and travel you're not sharing the experience that most of us have.

By the way, locally we get the travel fee and half a game fee if the game does not start and the travel fee and a full game fee after the first pitch.