Greedy Friendlies

[Under the Radar]

What is the deal with the cost of some of these friendlies.

The cost for a 2 man crew is $35.00 to $40.00 each. Host are charging $65.00 per game? almost the same cost as a tournament. It is almost to the point of not being worth it.

[Makina]

Then don't go. Tell them you will only pay $50/$55 game.

[NumeroUno]

Maybe people want to get paid for all their time and effort. What about the high cost of renting fields now a days. We are paying twice as much for fields as we were 4 years ago. I don't know any umps that work for less than $40

[miguelpana1]

The problem is that everyone wants to have two blues at friendlies.
Even with two blues they make bad calls so why not go back to one blue at friendlies. and save your team some $$$.

Tournament time I agree you need two blues.

[NumeroUno]

Who cares if u get a bad call in a friendly. I have seen hundreds of bad calls with two blues as well.

[Under the Radar]

they have always been 2 man crews. The cost for 2 umps is $35.00 to $40.00 per game. 1 ump is $45.00 to $50.00 per game.

Umpire fee's have not gone up that much in the last 5 years. Friendlies are trying to make money off the games where it use to be they would only try to profit from the snack bar.

I am all for earning money for your team but let us support your snack bar & not pay tournament fees for a friendly.

[cent]

The big problem the way I see it is teams that drop out of Friendlies and Tournaments. These teams do not know how much work it is to put on a Friendly or a Tournament and to drop out really throws a kink into the event.

[Under the Radar]

The big problem the way I see it is teams that drop out of Friendlies and Tournaments. These teams do not know how much work it is to put on a Friendly or a Tournament and to drop out really throws a kink into the event.

You are right & I am truly sorry I pulled out of your Tournament But I did pull out way in advance, not last minute...

[Tyler Durden]

The big problem the way I see it is teams that drop out of Friendlies and Tournaments. These teams do not know how much work it is to put on a Friendly or a Tournament and to drop out really throws a kink into the event.

You are right & I am truly sorry I pulled out of your Tournament But I did pull out way in advance, not last minute...

Is that for real? Radar starts a thread disparaging the teams who are putting on friendlies by ridiculously claiming that it is a money-making scheme, then it turns out that Radar is one of the tools who signs up then pulls out of a friendly, thereby costing the hosts time/money/aggravation? Fascinating.

[Under the Radar]

The big problem the way I see it is teams that drop out of Friendlies and Tournaments. These teams do not know how much work it is to put on a Friendly or a Tournament and to drop out really throws a kink into the event.

You are right & I am truly sorry I pulled out of your Tournament But I did pull out way in advance, not last minute...

Is that for real? Radar starts a thread disparaging the teams who are putting on friendlies by ridiculously claiming that it is a money-making scheme, then it turns out that Radar is one of the tools who signs up then pulls out of a friendly, thereby costing the hosts time/money/aggravation? Fascinating.

no dumb a$$ , i pulled out of a tournament 3 1/2 weeks before it started