Wheelchair

ncump7 · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 24, 2006, 10:11pm

I had an interesting situation this evening at a high school JV boys game. The coach of the visiting team was in a wheelchair. I noticed at the end of the girls game he moved the players chairs back about two feet. I did not realize at the time he was the team's coach. By doing this, he gave himself enough room to manuver his chair on the sideline. The chair remained just inches off the sideline for the entire game. Once I got pinned beside him by an approaching wild pass with players trying to save the ball. I almost sat in his lap. On one other play, I bounced the ball to the thrower for an inbounds pass and tried to step back. He had moved his chair behind me and I almost fell again. These were the only incidents during the game. I talked to my partners at halftime, but they felt we should not single him out by trying to back him off the sideline. I was just concerned about a player or players running into him during the course of the game. Any comments????

mplagrow · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 24, 2006, 10:38pm

Yeah, just one comment. . . .go ahead and try to move the coach if you want every equal rights group in the country on your back. Good luck with that.

dave30 · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 24, 2006, 10:41pm

Imagine the complaints if you gave him a T for rolling out of the coaches box!

rainmaker · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 12:45am

I can't see that running into a person in a wheelchair poses significantly more risk than running into the scoretable. Or an empty folding chair, or a cart with a vat of Gatorade. If he's staying in the coaching box, then no big deal. If he's not, T him same as any other coach. Why would there be any complaints about that?

Jurassic Referee · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 03:43am

Quote:

Originally posted by rainmaker
If he's staying in the coaching box, then no big deal. If he's not, T him same as any other coach. Why would there be any complaints about that?

How would you seatbelt him then?

Nevadaref · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 04:01am

If you T him does he have to sit?

Does he have stop rolling up and down the sideline?

Should he be confined to a normal chair?

Sorry, I'm just way out of line.

Jurassic Referee · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 25, 2006, 04:13am

Quote:

Originally posted by Nevadaref
If you T him does he have to sit?
Does he have stop rolling up and down the sideline?
Should he be confined to a normal chair?

Sorry, I'm just way out of line.

You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

I think that the recommended procedure is to let the air out of his tires.