That wasn't the third out

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by DG

Take it for what is worth. If I am AD I am not paying to develop umpires, I expect assignor to take care of that, that is what I pay for.

It's similar to the pros...Minor league teams pay for umpires, but they understand that they are a development league for those umpires.

JV teams around here understand the same. Umpires do not go from signing up to working Varsity. The JV level is a developmental level for many areas. If JV AD's insisted on Varsity level officials only, they would have a lot of games with no umpires.