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Service animal in dugout?
I have never had this come up before. A local high school player with seizure issues has been assigned a service dog which can predict/prevent these events. I could not think of a reason why any reasonable person could object to this and found no reference in the NFHS book that may pertain to this.
Any reason why this animal cannot accompany the player in the dugout area before/during games? |
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As long as Brutus doesn't bark about close calls, that is. |
The rule book talks about the criteria for reasonable accomodations:
"The accommodations should not fundamentally alter the sport, allow an otherwise illegal piece of equipment, create risk to the athlete/others or place opponents at a disadvantage.". Does a dog sitting in the dugout fundamentally alter the sport? Nope. Does it allow an otherwise illegal piece of equipment? Nope. Does it create a risk to the athlete/others? Unless the dog bites...nope. Does it place opponents at a disadvantage? Barring an opponent with a very sensitive dog allergy, nope. Absolutely legal in my opinion - wouldn't have any patience with anyone objecting either, a total jerk move and probably illegal actually. |
He's especially good if he bites the coach when the coach misbehaves.
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Dog Steals Glove :)
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We allow rats in the dugout, why wouldn't we allow dogs? ;)
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The quote above from Scrounge sums it up nicely. |
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In High School the head coach can have basically anyone/anything he wants on his bench. That is his domain, until it affects the game, then it becomes our issue. And we take care of it.
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