Umpire Recruitment

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I'm surprised you had to pay for an ad on Craigslist. I thought it was a free advertising board.

It is my understanding (from a weekly tech podcast I listen to) that job postings and the "erotic services" are not free. All other postings are free.

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

It is my understanding (from a weekly tech podcast I listen to) that job postings and the "erotic services" are not free. All other postings are free.

That explains why the local police is catching some flack for the entrapment they set up on Craigslist back in February. Unwise use of tax dollars!

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

That explains why the local police is catching some flack for the entrapment they set up on Craigslist back in February. Unwise use of tax dollars!

Hey... $25 ad bringing in hundreds of dollars in fines for soliciting a prostitute? Sounds like a worthy investment to me. Though I must say that I've never understood how it could be illegal to have someone pay for something that's free to give away. An orgasm is not the worst thing you can give a person.

I'll end my part of the discussion there.

[NCASAUmp]

But back to the OP, I don't believe our org has seen an increase or a decrease in the number of incoming umpires. Gained a couple, lost a couple, nothing real dramatic.

We've always been fortunate enough to have a decent supply of umpires in our org, and our attrition rate has always been low. Fortunately, the only ones who leave seem to be the ones we would want to leave anyway.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

...Fortunately, the only ones who leave seem to be the ones we would want to leave anyway.

Any way you can teach me how to make that happen?????

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Andy

Any way you can teach me how to make that happen?????

Give 'em the whiniest teams?

Actually, a lot of the new fellas who won't make the cut will eventually drop out on their own. They'll just get tired of getting yelled at.

It's the ones you DON'T want to lose that you should be concentrating on.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Andy

Any way you can teach me how to make that happen?????

That's simple. They supposedly send them to Transylvania County for a "tournament". Most of them don't make their way back. They wander into the Pisgah or become professors at Brevard College.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

That's simple. They supposedly send them to Transylvania County for a "tournament". Most of them don't make their way back. They wander into the Pisgah or become professors at Brevard College.

Which Transylvania County? We have one here in NC, too.