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Old Wed May 29, 2013, 09:31pm
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Okay, so if I understand you correctly:
1. You are assigned games and you accept them with the caveat that you would do research to verify coverage (or the lack thereof).
2. Some significant amount of time (not clear from your post) goes by before you are called by a coach to find out if you're coming, and you tell him No.
3. You contact the assignor telling him you won't do the games, so he tells you he's taking you off his list.
4. THEN you decide to call to check on your coverage??



So now you're blaming the assignor? Sounds to me like you didn't do your due diligence when you told your assignor that you were going to check on your coverage. If I were the assignor and you told me that, I would have expected a follow-up response within a day or two to let me know what you found out. Instead, you never got back to him until the day of the games; of course he's going to be pissed off. He probably assumed you checked and everything was okay.

I really can't offer you a solution that's going to get you onto the ball field to umpire games. You pursue suing these folks, they're never going to want your services, regardless of how the suit plays out.
This.

You didn't handle it well, or professionally. If you knew the games were coming, you should have done your homework. Now, you left your assignor out to dry. What would have happened if the coach didn't call to verify with you? You wouldn't have bothered?
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Old Wed May 29, 2013, 09:35pm
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You didn't handle it well, or professionally. If you knew the games were coming, you should have done your homework. Now, you left your assignor out to dry. What would have happened if the coach didn't call to verify with you? You wouldn't have bothered?
Most of us officiate as independent contractors. As such, I never assume others will take the responsibility to protect my interests. It's why I've had NASO coverage for a long as I can remember and I also have a personal umbrella policy.

Seems the thread has pretty much run its course, but I'll leave it open as long as everyone remains civil.
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