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Originally Posted by Snaqwells

My concern is that some are going to want to stretch the disqualifying offenses to include things that should not be included. Some say add "murder," assault, etc. While I'm not against adding "murder," I think there are other crimes that have no bearing on whether a man or woman can act as an official. The article referenced in this thread was written by a man who seems indignant that a man convicted of fraud could be an official. WTF?

I ump ASA softball and we have a laundry list of things that can disqualify you from umping. I wish I could find the email with the exact list but it included fraud and minor drug offenses.

FWIW I think you guys have done a good job discussing this.