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Originally posted by bluezebra
Warren:
After a court ordered that this coach could wear his crutches in the coaches' box, and you refuse to allow him to do so, you are going to be one moneyless dude after you're sued.
Bob
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Bob,
You say "..wear his crutches.." as though we are talking about leg calipers or something. Or do you envisage the sort of metal crutches that have a metal band through which the user inserts his/her arms? I don't believe it is the former, and if it were the latter I think can EXCLUDE the base coach BY RULE! I know this will start a brouhaha, but I've never been afraid to speak my mind before so why stop now? (grin)
OBR 1.11(a.3), 1.11(f), 2.00 Definition of A Base Coach and 4.05(b.1) would all operate together for me to say that a base coach "wearing" metal crutches is NOT entitled to be on the playing field under the rules of the game because his uniform is illegal and doesn't conform to that of his team mates. I'd like to see someone try to sue an umpire for enforcing the rules of the game! How's
that for tap dancing? (BIG grin)
Cheers,