Organizations

[Little Jimmy]

I work for different organizations for different reasons. High school ball is the domain of one of them. That is their territory so I am a member. I do a small amount of college ball and am a member of 2 other associations for that. Summer/tourney ball is run by a 4th.

All of these associations know that I work for the others. In fact many of the people who run things are multiple members themselves. I'm lucky that there is no real overlap problems for me. I did have to make a decision a few years ago about summer/tourney ball. 2 organizations take care of youth tourneys in my area and I had to make a decision. I did and I don't regret it. I was as upfront as I could be with both sides.

In the end I like to think that I make these decisions on the people I will be working with. Loyalty to any group of letters is one thing, but I think being involved with good officials on the field the majority of the time is the kicker.