Wheelchair on the field

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Originally Posted by BretMan

All compelling arguments to not allow a wheelchair on the field.

So why put a Rules Supplement in the book that specifically says, "Under the American Disability Act...wheelchairs are allowed on the playing field. Players while batting, running bases or playing defense, coaches in coaching boxes and umpires behind the plate or on the bases may use wheelchairs."?

I can't come away from that with anything other than "wheelchairs are allowed". This guideline seems to say that the "judgment" has already been made for us and is out of the umpire's hands.

Or, is the interpretation:

"Wheelchairs are allowed (wink, wink)...unless the umpire says they're not allowed...and nobody in their right mind is going to allow them...(so they're really not allowed)."

It's the "L" word.