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Originally Posted by RobbyinTN
I have never given it much thought about a deaf person being an official. I guess as long as he/she uses good mechanics and good visual communications/contact with his partner, that he/she could be a good official. I think the only time there might be an issue is if a coach calls a TO and he can't hear him.
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He did use very good mechanics...almost to the point of being over the top...but I thought that it was kinda necessary so that I and everyone else knew what he was calling since he wasn't able to verbalize much.
I don't remember if he granted any TO requests tonight...I know I did several. He told me that he also does football and softball. Pretty cool that he's able to do all of this with his deafness.