My answers are the same. I would also add that the shortage of officials in all sports puts us in the position that we don't have to show favoritism to be hired to work games and tournaments. A good official is always in demand. If I was a coach who saw that umpires were giving preferential treatment to home coaches (or that coaches suggested it) would have one less team entering the next tournament, and as an official I would not work such a tournament because I would not want to be lumped in with officials who would act that way. No one with any common sense or integrity wants to waste time in a poorly, and/or unethically run tournament.No. Never.
No.
No.
And I probably have to eject you from the thread for questioning the umps' integrity.