Coaching Box - Deaf Player's Interpreter Told No

[griblets]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Without a directive from the NFHS or OHSAA I'm allowing the interpreter, unless for some reason safety is an issue.

At the risk of sounding insensitive, this could open up a wide range of issues...

• What about interpreters for those who don't speak the same language as the coach? Should they get to stand, too?
  
• Are players with anxiety allowed to bring their therapy dogs to the bench area? (I have a daughter with anxiety who participates in sports, so I understand issues like this quite well.)

Why couldn't the interpreter interpret from a seat on the bench? That's not denying the player access to the coach's instructions. It seems the officials made an appropriate accommodation for the interpreter and people are still upset!