agreed the ump situation is bad. there's no accountability for the umps so the longer tenured, older umps get the better games. Also, i was told by a friend whose son just started umping that HS games are a higher "status", but weekend tournaments are where the money is. His son can make 70 bucks a game during a tournament, doing 5 games a day for saturday and sunday. that way, he can just work weekends and not worry about one-offs during the week.