Silly NCAA runner assistance rule...

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

We are not talking about rookie umpires here. Just because they don't have experience at that level, to get to that consideration, they would have had to prove themselves elsewhere. This isn't like someone who has never umpired before or, at least, shouldn't be.

I've sent people to nationals and took a load of heat from different directions because others didn't believe they were ready or had enough experience at the lower levels. All returned with Excellent/Good evaluations. There is more to it than just working certain levels of the game.

Right, but you're trusting that they were being sent to you with a blessing rather than a curse.

I fully recognize that if I were to move to someplace other than NC, I'd get stuck doing the bottom rung games for a while. And you know what? That's okay with me because A) someone has to do it, and B) my assignor hasn't gotten to know me yet.

You assign the people you have based upon how certain you are that they can handle that level. JuCo games, while still important, are not D1A.