Does a coach ever win an argument?

[ChampaignBlue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

That is disgusting! A team should not have to pay to get an umpire to do the job correctly.

Mike, your association doesn't require a refundable deposit for protests? Where I was it was $10 and the park district sprung for a soda for each of the protest committee members who were otherwise unpaid. If the protester won, refund, if he lost, tax deductable donation to the park district.

[fastpitch]

We took the tournament committee to Outback on a $100 protest fee one year. Ours are usually $50 or $100 locally.
Georgia High Schools do not allow protests by state adoption but the partners have to handle any protest at the time during the game, fill out the paperwork and be held accountable and possibly even fined if you get it wrong if I understand correctly.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by ChampaignBlue

Mike, your association doesn't require a refundable deposit for protests? Where I was it was $10 and the park district sprung for a soda for each of the protest committee members who were otherwise unpaid. If the protester won, refund, if he lost, tax deductable donation to the park district.

Absolutely not for championship play. If there is a protest, the UIC covers the play with the crew. Gets their call, what they saw and opinions of the play. The UIC will then recap the play, apply the appropriate rule, if necessary. S/he will then talk to both managers, recap the play and give the ruling. As long as neither manager has something to add to the scenario, that's it. If there is more to the story, the umpires will feel the pain for not giving me every bit of information I needed.

What the local leagues may do is their business.

[ChampaignBlue]

Sorry Mike, league play there's a refundable fee, tourney's, any tourney was protest committee on sight at all times no fees and protests at time of dispute.

When we had parties on protests it was the fines metted out to the umpires for losing protests. Our policy was that if you made a protestable call or your partner did and you didn't correct him/her then you were fined you pay for the set. I can remember it happening only once in the twenty years I worked games and it wasn't me and it was over a local rule. Actually, most of the umpire fine fund was for unpolished shoes and belts or partners not co-ordinating uniforms, no blue and grey games for us.