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DOES THE NFL COMBINE VIOLATE THE ADA?
Powerline ^ | February 28, 2017 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 03/01/2017 8:25:01 AM PST by C19fan

If your answer is, “you can’t be serious,” you’re not fully in tune with the contemporary landscape. On the other hand, your common sense quotient is high.

The NFL scouting combine is basically an audition by more than 300 of the best collegiate football players who are eligible for the NFL draft. They come to Indianapolis each year to undergo on-field workouts, medical testing, interviews, and psychological testing.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: draft; football; irony; justice; karma; liedownwithdogs; nfl
Luv to see the NFL sued over violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. I remember when Michael Sam hogged to spotlight there was talk the questions asked at the interviews violate laws in different states.
1 posted on 03/01/2017 8:25:02 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Right behind the diversity of the NBA.


2 posted on 03/01/2017 8:32:39 AM PST by keving (We the People)
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To: C19fan

Aside from NFL issues, best of luck to Boise St LB,
Tanner Vallejo, my home town boy.


3 posted on 03/01/2017 8:32:42 AM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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Shouldn’t national parks be illegal under the ADA? Very little of their territory is ADA compliant.


4 posted on 03/01/2017 8:42:29 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Isnt the wheelchair ramp up the Grand Canyon a step in the right direction?


5 posted on 03/01/2017 9:01:21 AM PST by I-ambush (If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
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The Dems’ answer would be to build wheel-chair ramps and elevators down into the Grand Canyon.


6 posted on 03/01/2017 9:01:25 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: I-ambush

See my post 6. I didn’t know they really had a wheelchair ramp there?

(Great minds think alike?)


7 posted on 03/01/2017 9:02:14 AM PST by NEMDF
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Beat you by a fraction


8 posted on 03/01/2017 9:02:47 AM PST by I-ambush (If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
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To: NEMDF

I was being facetious. But I wouldn’t put it past them.


9 posted on 03/01/2017 9:04:06 AM PST by I-ambush (If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
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To: NEMDF

https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm


10 posted on 03/01/2017 9:11:51 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: C19fan

An unintended result but one (law suite if brought)that would be interesting to see the results of.


11 posted on 03/01/2017 9:38:52 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: NEMDF

No, to make is truly equitable, prevent all humans from stepping foot on any part of nature.

We can make all outcomes equal if we go to the lowest common denominator.


12 posted on 03/01/2017 10:19:09 AM PST by spintreebob
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Of course it does. Not because the Combine is doing something illicit...but because the ADA is psycho.


13 posted on 03/01/2017 5:41:49 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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