Umpire Conflict of interest?

[Mike Walsh]

Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
You need to remember, this is a local league. Many local leagues use the coaches and volunteers from non-playing teams to umpire games.

Do these umpires work any other league, or just the one in which they coach?

If it is a volunteer situation, I'd be even more against it (although it is more likely to occur out of necessity). The problem is they will be more likely to focus on strikes and outs, and go easy on safety issues. They tend to look the other way about things like how many batters are in the on-deck area, because the coach today will be officiating their game tomorrow. Until someone gets hurt.

Mike