10 Commandments for umpires in the Dominican

"10 Commandments for Umpires in the Dominican

• 1 - Keep an eye on the ball.

• 2 - Leaving your way of being off the court. Forget and forgive.

• 3 - Avoid sarcasm. Do not insist on having the last word.

• 4- Never tackle a player and especially not point the finger or yell.

• 5 - Play only thing to be deaf to hear "the rest.

• 6 - Keeping temperament. A decision made in anger is never successful.

• 7 - Taking care of the language.

• 8 - Be proud of your work all the time, remember, respect is created by an arbitrator on and off the court.

• 9 - Check your work. You'll find that if you are honest, 90% of problems are due to laziness.

• 10 - No matter what opinion you have of another referee, never make an adverse comment against him. This is unworthy and unkind."

From Listin Diario 11/13/09 by Freddy Tapia, "An Arbitrator 1800 Native earns 2000 per game," (google translation) photo of umpire Santo Silvestre from Listin Diario

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