Assignor and active umpire

[Dakota]

Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
I'm not saying it can't be done.

You all but said that it couldn't be done and maintain integrity earlier.

Can you maintain your integrity? I think so

Again, a reversal (if not of what you literally said, for sure of what you implied).

And, again, all of the examples you give are abuse of position, and some don't even involve the topic at hand, which is remaining an active umpire while handling assigning duties - all of the nepotism examples have nothing whatsoever to do with that.

You have obviously had to deal with an assignor without honor or integrity. Such people do exist, but otherwise honorable people do not morph into this by merely becoming an assignor while remaining an active umpire. I'm sorry you had to deal with such a person.

Will umpires gripe about the games they get assigned vs the games others are assigned? Sure. Childish, petty, perperual victims exist everywhere, and this will happen whether or not the assignor remains an active umpire.

Taking on assignor duties will involved dealing with petty, childish people, even if you do everything perfectly.

"Conflicts of interest" exist everywhere. It is not possible to accomplish anything significant in this world and avoid all "appearance" of conflict of interest. It is how you handle the conflict that reveals honorable or less than honorable core values.

An honorable person will have no problem with the conflict.

However, he may have a problem dealing with childish, petty people who see every perceived unfairness as evidence of corruption.