President’s Message

Today, let’s start by giving a shout out to those umpires volunteering their time in the new Shepherd Program. It’s still very small as we are only providing ‘shepherds’ for first year officials, but our list of first year officials is growing substantially.

Fellow Officials, I’ve seen many excellent Memorial Day messages over the years; there’s the one about the kid crying at a...

Fellow Officials, Lots going on, so let’s jump right in. Today, I want to talk about uniforms, rules, the banquet, our...

Fellow Officials, Let’s hop around a bit today – let’s start with some discussion about pre-game and post-game conferences,...

Fellow Officials, I’d like to take this time to bring you up to date on some of the initiatives you have been hearing...

Fellow Officials, “Never in the field of human conflict, has so much been owed to so few by so many.” I trust everyone...

My Fellow Officials, With the regular season getting started, I want to remind everyone to keep your blocks up to date....

My Fellow Officials, Today, I want to talk about ratings. I have begun, by asking a select group of leaders within the...

My fellow officials, As your schedules fill up and the weather slowly gets warmer, please remember to dress properly for...

My fellow officials, The Virginia high school rules exam is open now and the Maryland exam opens a week from Wednesday (on...