Just a guess... you also manage your withholding to get a large refund at tax time? ;)

What other site? Got on the heybucket TX board but didn't find what you're referring to although I'm sure it's there. I'm interested to know what our "clients'" perception of us is.

Interesting that you throw a blanket over the entire state. Texas is pretty big. I can be in Mobile quicker than I can El Paso or Lubbock. You may as well just extend your blanket to cover the entire Gulf Coast.

I probably won't take it personally if people that play 6-8 (or even 2) hrs from here are upset with their umpiring situation.

What's a refund? ;)

:confused: WTF :confused:

No offense was meant. I apologize for the tone, I should have worded it differently. You have been a big defender of TASO on more than one occasion, which I can absolutely respect. I just feel differently about the level of representation they provide their officials.

Did not see it either.

Looking through the summer threads, it seems the San Marcos/Austin umps bore the brunt of the ire, so apologies for any implied generalization.

Admittedly, it could be austin area parents are just more whiney. :D

As I have stated before, it is not so much as I am a "big defender" of TASO, as it is until I hear a better alternative then I feel it is what we have to work with, and rather than shoot it down because of some flaws, we should work to fix it or to find something that will work even better. Complaining for the sake of complaining never gets anything accomplished.

In this thread, however, my "defense" of TASO was simply that the blame was being laid at the wrong feet. TASO is not, nor never has been, responsible for getting officials paid in Texas, or for the guidelines that govern their payment. That is strictly the domain of the UIL. I think, oftentimes, that officials in Texas confuse the roles of TASO and the UIL. In many cases they see them as one in the same entity. This just isn't the case.

As we have discussed before, representation begins as the local level.

Also, no offense was taken with your comments, I was just unaware that TASO was my "beloved." :rolleyes::D

Geez, haven't you heard all the B(C)S carping from the Austin area? You'd think they had shut down Blue Bell Creamery or Jaime's Spanish Village or something...

And the San Marcos folks are obviously going through withdrawals since most of their teams haven't been worth a damn since they dropped the "Southwestern" in front of the Texas State University.:eek:

Austin whiney? Just look at the election results. Austin and El Paso are the only metro areas in TX that are blue, ergo, they are also the areas to whine the most. It's just the way it is. My observation has always been that the older the kids, the less complaining you hear. That's either because by the time that their DD's are 14 they know the rules or are just numb to bad calls.

Plenty of Austin whiney going on right now.

BOOMER SOONER

texas 45 okla 35

Texas Tech 39 Texas 33
Oklahoma 65 Texas Tech 21
Texas 28 Okla State 24 (at Texas)
Oklahoma 61 Okla State 41 (at OSU)
I could go on and on but nuff said except:

OU SOONERS BIG 12 Champions.
OU SOONERS vs. FLORIDA in BCS Championship

BOOMER SOONER

:D

And if you are lucky, maybe someday your school will have the opportunity to play for the NCAA Div I Football Championship.:)

Well said Irish