All things must be fair
So, if you go vacationing and head to the hotel pool, it might be closed. Seems a federal law went into effect requiring pools to have wheelchair lifts.
You know, I don’t notice a lot of wheelchair bound people playing basketball. Someone should get on that.
March 15th, 2012 at 9:51 am
Great, now fill is going to get expensive due to all the pools that are going to be getting filled in.
March 15th, 2012 at 9:57 am
Wouldn’t it be easier to just hire a burly dude to pick them up and throw them in?
March 15th, 2012 at 10:03 am
This country is circling the toilet and it has handicapped access.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I wonder if those guys that play Murder Ball need an elevator.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Are you kidding? Wheelchair basketball is huge — probably the most popular “handicapped” sport (if you don’t count horse racing).
But they don’t have dunk-lifts.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:30 am
I don’t see them in the NBA. And it must be fair!
March 15th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
I’m guessing most wheelchair users call ahead and adjust their expectations accordingly. No pool lift? I’ll get shitfaced and chase skirts instead!
March 15th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
You know, I don’t notice a lot of wheelchair bound people playing basketball.
Too busy playing Murderball.
March 15th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Do they have to also have one for the ocean in case someone wants to go scuba diving?
March 15th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Srsly, Unk, wheelchair basketball is not a good example: it is actually quite popular, requires NO mods to a regulation basketball court, and as near as I can tell, players purchase their own equipment. Even the basket height remains the same.
It is pretty much the opposite of the swimming pool foolishness.
March 15th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
can they dunk?
March 15th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
No they cant dunk, but murderball is pretty awesome to watch.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Dunking. Ruined. The. Game.
March 15th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
+1 @13. And. Pat RULES, ’nuff said.
March 16th, 2012 at 9:39 am
Unk, wheelchair basketball is hugely popular and requires no changes to regulation courts. It’s one of the few games that able-bodied and disabled people can play on an equal footing (so to speak)– as long as everyone’s in a chair. No we can’t dunk, but neither can most women players. Will go one-on-one with you sometime (you can borrow one of my chairs) if you’re so inclined.
And FWIW we’uns do not consider ourselves *bound* to our chairs. We aren’t tied in and can get out as needed. We use them for mobility same as you use you legs.