An Umpire must be added to the umpire list before he or she can be assigned to a game. Although the umpire coordinator is generally responsible for this, the league administrator can also add umpires to the list.

To see your list of umpires, click on Umpires on your home page. If there are a lot of umpires in your league, they will be displayed for just one letter - the first letter of their last name. You may select which letter to view at the top of the list. You may also choose to display all of the umpires, but this may take a while to display

Included on the list, for each umpire, is the date of their last assignment, if known. Rolling the mouse over this date creates a popup box with some details about that assignment.
NOTE: for performance reasons, this popup is not availble if your league has a lot of umpires and you are viewing the complete list. However, the date is still available.

When you first use MySoftballLeague.com, you will need to add all of your umpires to the list. After that you only need to maintain the list by adding new umpires or removing people who are no longer umpires. If you have an existing list of umpires they can be imported into MySoftballLeague.com. The League Administrator can do this by clicking on Import Data from his or her home page. For information on the specifications for importing data, see the Import Data page..

To add an umpire click on "Umpire List" from your User Home Page. Scroll down beneath the list and enter the first initial and last name of the umpire. See Adding Users for more information on this. Click on "Add This Umpire". New umpires are automatically sent their user name and password.
Note on the add form there is a separate place to add a dummy umpire. For more information on dummy umpires, see the Dummy Umpire page.

Once an umpire has been added to the list, he or she can log in and find games to umpire, view current assignments, and self-assign or request assignments, assuming the league allows one of those modes of operation.

After the umpire is added, you can enter information specific to the umpire. Click on the Edit Info button next to the umpire's name in the umpire list. You can also add Umpire Strength information (League Comfort Level) about the umpire (See Umpire Strength). If you enter a birth date, an umpire cannot self-assign or request games unless the players are at least 2 years younger (e.g., umpire must be 14 years old for U-12).

Options

1. You can use the Umpire list to view current and past assignments of specific umpires. Just click on "View Assigns".
2. You can edit umpire-specific information.
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3. You can specify Umpires as Available (box checked) or unavailable (box unchecked). Unavailable umpires will not show up for assigning.
4. You can permanently remove the umpire by clicking on "Delete".
5. You can view any grades/comments entered about a umpire by a coach by clicking on "View Grades".