Recruiting new umpires................

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Even if you have umpires, it is never enough.

If an organization stops accepting umpires, the only thing that comes to my mind is greed. And in a few years, who is going to umpire those games? I find it hard to believe someone thinks people are going to hang around and stand in line waiting to be accepted by an organization.

This is why I thought it was a strange move. In my association I'm one of the younger guys. The veteran umpires are not going to be around forever, so I think you might as well get as many new umpires as you can every year. You need to improve the chances of some of them sticking around.