Umpire Hospitality at ASA Nationals

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Originally Posted by Dholloway1962

I was wondering if any of you might know the answer to this. When an ASA National is held who is responsible for the hospitality at the Umpire's Tent/Room at the ballpark.

Is that cost paid by a local Umpire Association, the State ASA Umpire Association, or is that part of the bidding process by the Softball Park/Association that hosts the National? A combination of the above?

Perhaps some of you that have hosted a tournament could or some of you that have attended a National that know the answer could respond.

Thanks

And hospitality has ranged from awesome (College Station, TX; Mobile, AL; Lancaster, CA) to pretty much non-existent (I won't mention names here). At the non-existent the umpire "party" was a pizza party at the pavillion at the ball fields. Just the place all the umpires wanted to be on Saturday night. At this particular tournament, our umpire coordinator came to me to tell me he had gotten a "good start on adult beverages". There were 19 umpires at this tournament. I asked him what he considered "a good start". His response to me was "I got a 6 pack of beer". After I got my laughing under control I asked him to go with me and I would show him what a "good start" entailed. I purchased 4 cases of beer with my own money. That seemed to get things moving.

Incidentaly this was the weekend of Princess Diana's death.