Who: League Administrator, Umpire Coordinator

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League Administrator: Manage League > Modify League Umpire Settings.
Umpire Coordinator: League Umpire Settings

Here are the settings available:

Send Umpire Assignment Email to: Select the league officer(s) who will receive automatic notifications by email when umpire assignment actions occur. Such actions include, for instance, when an umpire accepts or cancels an assignment, or when either the time or venue of a game with assignments are changed. You can also set this to "nobody", whereby no auto-email will be sent to any Umpire Coordinators after these actions.

If there are any Field Umpire Coordinators in your league, they will also appear on the list and can be selected. If one is selected, then all umpire assignment email concerning games on their field will ONLY be sent to them.

There is also a check box to notify coordinators about umpire assignment requests. This only has an impact if you are using the Request/Confirm method of assignment - if checked, messages will be sent when an assignment is requested, otherwise they will not be sent. For leagues using Request/Confirm, unchecking this box can greatly reduce email traffic for your Umpire Coordinators.


1. Umpire Assignment Method
   A. By League Only - Umpire Coordinator must manage assignments.
   B. Self-Assignment - an umpire can self-assign to games ("I'll Take It" button).
   C. Request/Confirm - an umpire can request assignment to games ("I'd Like It" button), but the request has to be confirmed by Umpire Coordinator.
   
   Self-assignments and requests can only happen for any game where there is still an open slot and as long as the umpire’s strength rating (See Umpire Strength) is equal to or greater than the difficulty rating of the game. The Umpire Coordinator will get an email each time a request or self-assignment is made. Of course, the Umpire Coordinator can always override a self-assignment.


2. Allow change at the season, competition, division and game levels - The above setting determines the default umpire assignment method for your league. However, you have the option of using different assignment methods for different games at the same time. If this box is checked, that option is available, and the default method can be overridden at the season, competition, division and individual game level.


3. Umpire Difficulty Offsets - Refers to the relative difficulty of officiating as an 1st base ump as opposed to home umpire.


4. Can Report Game Results - Designate which umpires can enter game results.


5. Umpire Game Card Type - Select the type of Game Card that your league uses. For more information, see Game/Lineup Cards


6. League uses Umpire Payment System - Indicate if your league uses an external payment system to pay your umpires. Checking this will make addition reports available that are specific to the payment system you use. Contact us if the proper payment system format is not yet supported.


7. Umpire Licenses Used for Pay - the umpire licenses your league uses that affect umpire pay rates. For more information, see Using Umpire Licenses to Affect Pay


8. Umpire Pay Requires Game Results Report - If checked, then at least one umpire must report a game's results in order for any umpire on that game to be paid.


9. Require Umpire Team Ratings - Umpires - If checked, umpires are required to rate the behavior of the coaches, parents, and players of each team when reporting game results. See Umpire Team Ratings for more information.


10. Require Roster/Passes Checks - If checked, umpires will be required to specify if they have checked player rosters and player passes when they report a game's results. See UmpireCheck Rosters for more information.


11. Umpire Assignment Deadlines - Cancellation or Request is blocked the amount of hours before the game starts.


12. Umpire Assignment Request Window - Requests or self-assignments cannot be made until the specified number of days before a game.


13. Umpire Remider Window - If this is non-zero, umpires will be sent email/text reminders of all upcoming assignments this many days in advance of the assignment.


14. Hide Umpire Pay Adjust Comments - When umpire pay adjustments are entered, comments can be entered to describe the adjustment. Unless this box is checked, those comments will be visible to the umpire when (s)he is viewing games they have umpired.


15. Maximum number of affiliated umpires per team by play level - See Umpire Team Affiliation for more information.