How long would it take?

[5 sport ref]

I never said you can make a living at officiating. What I said was "I work mostly for enjoyment because you can't make a decent living at this. I just want to give back to the game some of what I took from it."

I agree that training does not a umpire make. You can never know enough and at every clinic you can pick something up. Nothing like real game experience to learn.

To JRutledge- I am a member of UMPS.
Our webpage is http://www.umps.org/