Indoor ball - fees

[U of M Sam]

Summer outdoor FP softball is usually $20/game for 13 & up / $30 for 17 & up age group (2 umpire system).
Sam

[CLBuffalo]

Dixie Youth Rec League all levels - 2 umpires, $18/plate - $15/bases, $25 if alone. I already know that next year it will be $30 per umpire, not sure about single ump which can happen often with softball here.

Tournaments - 2 umpires, $25 each. I did do 1 tournament (ASA) for $27 (2 umpires). I haven't done a tournament game alone in the 3 1/2 years I've been here.

[CecilOne]

Just curious, what is it about the games that makes the fees different?
Is it just the facility being smaller, etc. or that they don't really count; or actual rules & procedure differences?

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Just curious, what is it about the games that makes the fees different?
Is it just the facility being smaller, etc. or that they don't really count; or actual rules & procedure differences?

Cecil,
I don't have any idea why the fees are different - I just know that I have heard they are. It never mattered before as there were nosuch facilities in this area. Now, there is one - so it becomes more important to know the differences.

[3afan]

I didn't know indoor softball was played! Must be a northern thing!

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by 3afan

I didn't know indoor softball was played! Must be a northern thing!

Got that right..

Umpiring in a nice sweet air conditioned/heated room with a nice relaxing lounge between games, doubtless waitresses and everything else.. and they want to get paid the SAME!!!

Bah.

[CLBuffalo]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Got that right..

Umpiring in a nice sweet air conditioned/heated room with a nice relaxing lounge between games, doubtless waitresses and everything else.. and they want to get paid the SAME!!!

Bah.

If the dome I worked had this I would gladly have done games for less. If there had been a lounge of any type and waitresses I might have volunteered to do games.

I know of at least 1 dome in TX. There are probably more south of the M/D Line.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by CLBuffalo

Dixie Youth Rec League all levels - 2 umpires, $18/plate - $15/bases, $25 if alone.

I have never understood the mentality that pays the plate umpire more than the base umpire. Both positions, if worked properly, are equally demanding. Is it for the "discomfort" factor of having to wear the gear as PU? Or is it because many associations use the BU spot as training for the new umpire? What is the rationale there??? Or...is it just a way for organizations to save money?

[DaveASA/FED]

Our league does that, plate makes more than field ump. I have lobbied against it, but it is a "we always done that" mentality. The reason I was given is it adds incentive to be behind the plate. This is a small rec league, and most umpires (all except 3-4) are young ladies off the high school team making a few extra bucks. Having the extra incentive makes some of them on the bubble between trying taking the extra jawing you get on balls and strikes worth putting on the gear that messes up thier hair!

Now that being said, I have gotten it changed in the summer tourney where we do pay everyone the same game fee, since we only use the "best" of the umpires for this tourney! Basically they all are capable of calling a decent plate game so everyone gets the same $$ . It also allows you to put the stronger ump behind the plate without someone beign upset over money!!! I also don't agree with two seasoned umpires making different $$ it makes no sense, to me in a high action game, the bases are MORE difficult to me...maybe cause I do so much plate?