best position to start out.

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by chris s
Wish my assc worked this way! I love working U, but my fleet feet ends me up on a wing, thank goodness we work all high schol stuff 5 man so BJ is there.All the new "big" guys that join up always go to U at first, used to be HL as starting point for all, then we switched to LJ so a little less work for them

Our Association has no say over this. You are hired and fired by crews. The crew decides where you work or where you do not work. And our state determines who gets playoff games or not. I was assigned a playoff game last year for the first time in my career and they put me at umpire. I have never umpired in a varsity game a day in my life until that game. But the state gives the crew the opportunity to put anyone in a position they feel most confrontable.

So if you are asked to join a crew, they put you where there is a need or where they feel your talents would be most useful. The crew I am on now, I was the Back Judge for two years. Because we had issues with our Referee at the time, he was released and I was moved to Referee because I felt most confrontable doing it. That was a decision made by the crew, not by any association I belong to.

Peace