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Originally Posted by TXMike
I don't know this is what happened, but hypothetically speaking....what would you guys who are coming out so strong against the conference say if you find out that the ref in question had to undergo a physical exam each year and each year managed to get the vision test scores configured such that his impairment was not officially discovered? Would that change your minds?
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It depends on what you mean by "managed to get the vision test scores configured." If there was bribery, deliberate falsification, or violation of one of the terms of agreement between the official and the conference, then they have grounds to fire him, even though they previously thought he was doing a good job.
If, however, the official has done nothing wrong, the conference is toast on this one. Even if they caught it because they started doing physicals, the Americans with Disabilities Act protects this guy. They can say that full binocular vision is necessary to pass the physical, but their own performance reviews of the official show that it's not actually necessary to do the job - which means that any such vision requirement in the physical is illegal discrimination. I grant that we don't have all of the facts of the case, but barring something fairly damning, I'm pretty sure any competent lawyer will chew the conference up.