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Can you envision a PU in a wheelchair? Or on crutches? WHOOPEE!!!
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I recall a news article not too long ago about a person confined to a wheelchair that was umpiring slowpitch softball. I beleive it was somewhere in the Northwest part of the country.
There was a court case involving the safety of the players and the possibility of injury in colliding with a wheelchair bound umpire. I don't remember the specifics, but I beleive the league/organization won the court decision and this person was no longer allowed to umpire. I am going to try to research it..if anyone else remembers this, let us know. It seems that I read about it in Referee Magazine.
[Edited by Andy on May 6th, 2002 at 04:27 PM]