Stumpy1

I’ve umpired for several years, hardest job I’ve ever worked, but man I made some good money on a side gig. The parents and the coaches don’t realize how they drive out so many officials. However, I can’t beloeve some of the officials that are out there, they are awful

Right on @RedSavage! Pretty soon games will have to be scheduled on Tuesdays or Thursdays and people wont be happy, but it will be the parents, etc fault. People are saying screw it and quitting. $100 to be trashed on isnt really worth it. And there are some bad crews. Our crew really prides ourselves on getting things right. It never fails we have coaches tell us "last week the crew called it this way" and we explain to them they were wrong. Or they ask us about certain plays from previous weeks and how they were called and we have to tell them that crew did it wrong. Have a little pride in what you do if you are going to do it and do your best to make sure its right.

My son had a wrestling meet Tuesday night.  One of our kids got a takedown at the edge of the mat and the official didnt award points, instead he called them out even though our kid had both feet inbounds.  It kinda irritated me at first but as the meet went on,  he was very consistent on making the same call for other matches.  I am fine with an official making a wrong call but he better be fair and consistent about it.