Participation Requirement
Any Major, Minor or Farm umpire can apply for a regular season snack stand exception for their family (e.g., spouse, grandchild's parents). In order to be approved for the regular season exemption, all of the following criteria must be met:
- Prior to the regular season you must commit to umpire a minimum of ten (10) games during the regular season (i.e, playoffs, ToC, and All-Star games are not applicable). NOTE: League scheduled pre-season games do count.
- If you have more than one child (grandchild) in the league, the requirement is ten (10) games per each child's snack stand requirement.
Waiver Application/Approval
- Major Division & Minor League Umpires – Exception requests must be submitted to and approved by the DRALL Chief Umpire prior to Feb. 16, 2018. To be approved you must:
- Be registered in Arbiter (tool that we will used to assign umpires and track the number of games completed).
- Attend at least one DRALL Umpire Clinic to demonstrate competence.
- Submit an email to the DRALL Chief Umpire requesting a waiver that will be associated with [Input Child Name], who plays in the [Majors, Minors, Farms] on the [Team Name] and committing to umpire at least ten (10) games during the regular season.
- Farm Umpires - Exception requests must be submitted to and approved by the Minor Division Director prior to Feb. 16, 2018. To be approved you must:
- Attend at least one DRALL Umpire Session 3 Clinics (i.e., where plate ball/strike mechanics are taught) and demonstrate basic competence.
- Sign up to umpire at least ten (10) Farm games (use Farm umpire sign-up form as determined by Minor Division Director
- Submit an email to the Minor Division Director requesting a waiver that will be associated with [Input Child Name], who plays in the [Majors, Minors, Farms] on the [Team Name] and committing to umpire at least ten (10) games during the regular season.
- NOTE: Once the regular season starts, in the event that you are unable to support one of the games that you signed up for, you are responsible for finding a replacement and documenting their name on the This will no longer count as one of their games (i.e., you may need to sign up for another game to meet your requirement).
Snack Stand Deposit
Your family still must submit a snack stand deposit check prior to the regular season. At the end of the regular season, your snack stand deposit check will be destroyed/returned if you have umpired a minimum of ten (10) games.
It is your responsibility to sign-up early enough in the season to secure your minimum number of games. No open games being available at the end of the season will not be a valid reason for not meeting minimum game requirement.