Softball Umpires

[RebelRaider]

softball umpires are awful. period.

[addictedtosports.com]

Thing about it is. TSSAA ump softball especially earn close to $25.00 per hour.They are a paid employee so they should be treated as one. What happens to any employee thats keeps making mistakes over and over? If they can't do the job and do it right they should be given their walking papers. If they were volunteer umpires it would be different. You could expect mistakes. At $25.00 per hour they need to be more consistant.

I know some officials and I can assure you they do not average $25 p/hr.

[Buki4life80]

What is the average length of a high school softball game 1.5 hours.

TSSAA website 2003-2004 pay $45.00 per game. Figure it yourself and tell me what it adds up to. Sorry I was wrong its $30.00 per hour.

[theflash]

Buki4life80--let's do some figuring; jv game starts at 5:00---then varsity games starts at 7:00 and ends near 9pm. ok, that is 4 hours---$65.00 divided by 4 =$16.25; where do you get $25.00 per hour? looks like fuzzy math to me.

[Buki4life80]

Most games are varsity only $45.00 per game. Very few go 2 hours and if they do its the umpires fault. $30.00 per hour.

[theflash]

wrong again Buki--- i have had 21 assignments this year, and 17 of them have been doubleheaders----4 out of 21 is not the majority-- work on your facts, friend.

[Buki4life80]

OK my figures was wrong. 2 games hour and a half each. or do you count hour between games has being on the clock.3 hours $65.00 =21.66 hour. Still pretty good should make very few mistakes.

[theflash]

wrong again, buki boy; umpires spend approximately 30 minutes before or between games checking bats, helmets, playing field, etc. if you want to get technical, most umpires spend well over 4 hours taking care of a DH. therefore, it probably figures to lesss than $15.00 per hour. but you know what buki, most umpires i know don't do it for the money; they enjoy doing it for the kids, and in many cases it is a thankless and unappreciated job. but you know what else, buki boy, somebody has to do it! why don't you call the tssaa and sign up to be an umpire; your eyes will then be opened to the truth and you can stop making bold assertions on a subject on which you appear to know very little.

Edited April 28, 2004 by theflash

[addictedtosports.com]

Most games are varsity only $45.00 per game. Very few go 2 hours and if they do its the umpires fault. $30.00 per hour.

What about the 30 minutes - 1 hour travel time to and from games? Add it up, it is probably more like $8-$12 p/hr.

[Buki4life80]

How many employers pay employees travel time. I've umpired softball games years ago and I did do it for the kids. I never received pay for my time. Volunteer is doing it for the kids.

[theflash]

buki, so you have been an umpire, eh? was that high school umpiring? i believe that is our subject here--high school umpiring.

[addictedtosports.com]

There are employers who pay travel time. I was just figuring how long it took to officiate a game, and to get the job done travel is a must.