A bit off topic, but looking for suggestions...

[Stu Clary]

My younger son (almost 14) is following in the footsteps. He started umpiring Little League last year. He's dilligent and takes it seriously. There are three LLs in our town. Last year, he worked exclusively in the league in which he used to play. This year he is branching out and will work for another league too, accross town.

He got an e-mail from the accross town league's UIC asking him to work a practice game "so he can see him work". That's cool: I'd probably want to do the same thing. So he works the game...and then - after the game - he's told that they don't pay for practice games.

I asked him to forward the e-mail to me. There's no mention of pay (or lack there of). Plus, he made 20 bucks for working the plate in a practice game the night before, working in his regular league.

OK. I'm torn...even though he probably would have taken the game as a "try-out" for no pay, I definitely think he got taken advantage of.

There's some wise folks here. I'm looking for suggestions. Should I...

1. leave it alone - life lesson
2. make a call to the UIC (who I don't know) and/or the league President (who I do know)?
3. advise, but let him handle it in some way?
4. other

Generally, I dispense advice but let both boys handle their own issues. Somehow though this different. OK. Thanks.