re: It must be super easy to qualify as an SEC umpire

Most college umps are the ones who went through the minor leagues and either quit after a few seasons or got canned. Only 2% of umpires who make it to the minors out of umpire school make it to the major leagues so there are a lot of guys to choose from. Generally in the power 5 conferences you are getting guys that got up to AA or better.

So it's actually super hard and very selective to umpire division 1, power 5 baseball. It just isn't as easy as it looks fellas