Little League World Series Umps

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE][QUOTE=Multiple Sports;903047][QUOTE=PeteBooth;902943][QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Pete -

To be completely honest, I see a real trend in officiating today, where guys
are stepping out on the field or court poorly trained or not trained at all and are either in it for the money or are volunteering and then when "better" blues come along they are upset that they are getting pushed to the side.

Maybe in "your neck of the woods" but I do not see this trend at all. It's about availability.

You could be the best official around, but if you keep saying no to certain assigments even if legit (due to work / family etc.) you will not get the games. It's been that way at least in my experience "forever"

There is an overall lack of officials and I don't care if you are the biggest Smitty in the world, if you are available you will get games.

Pete Booth

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

There is an overall lack of officials and I don't care if you are the biggest Smitty in the world, if you are available you will get games.

Pete Booth

In my experience, there is a lack of officials willing to work for free that actually spend time, money, and effort to learn the rules and improve their craft.

There is NOT, however, a lack of quality officials (in any of the places I've lived) willing to get paid fairly for their talents. My ASA, NFHS softball and NFHS, Pony baseball leagues have plenty officials most of the time.

[aceholleran]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

That's because you're mostly seeing untrained volunteers, or 20 year guys who have one year of experience repeated 20 times, rather than 20 years of experience.

VERY well put! Spot on.

Ace