How hard it is to become a Baseball Umpire?

Umpires basically hold the honor of a sport. While in a game, players become so much involved that they need to be controlled from becoming too much undisciplined. Baseball is quite a famous a sport and just like any other sport, umpires are important in this sport as well. To keep the standard of the game, the board of baseball, PBUC, has certain requirements. To have umpires meeting these criteria, they have formed two institutions which provide education to rising baseball umpires. Both of these institutions are found in America; Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School and Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring. Students having umpire training  from either of these institutions are only allowed to umpire in the major leagues.Each year, these institutions hold a six week evaluation of these best candidates. This evaluation is done by experts from PBUC. About 5 to 10 percent of the best from each institution are then chosen for the final stage of evaluation which occurs later in March. Candidates passing this last evaluation stage are allowed and recommended to umpire minor league and given a level of A. from here on the training of an umpire is on their own and experience. For more assistance a person can watch and learn from umpire training videos . At such a level, with a tight schedule, you would have a pay of only $12,000 per season. The experts from PBUC would evaluate you from now on without your knowledge and your rank would be increased. Once your level reaches from A to AA to AAA, you pay would increase.An umpire at AAA level, with a tight schedule earns about $25,000 per season. This is not much, compared to the hard work, but who said it was easy to become a major league umpire in the 1st place. Once you surpass AAA level, you are allowed to umpire a major league match. This is when you seriously start to make heavy money. At such a professional level, you would be earning $200,000 per year and your umpire training would finally be paying off. Reaches such a level does not mean that you are an expert. There is always room to learn more, this is why you need to keep watching umpire training videos. If you won’t, them some one better than you would most probably take your place or your demand would decrease on the field in no time at all.