Assignor and active umpire

[Andy]

Ok folks, I need some opinions.

I have just learned that our association's assignor has resigned. The association is going to begin interviewing to fill the position soon. I am considering applying since I have previous experience doing assigning. If any of your associations have assigners that are also active umpires, how do they handle the following:

Is there an issue within the association with games they assign themselves?

Any perceived or actual conflicts of interest, ie. the assigner is frequently working the "big" games or working more games than anyone else?

I really enjoy calling the games, but I figure that this might be a way to make a few extra bucks and I believe that there are improvements to be made from our previous assignor.

I welcome your thoughts and opinions.