Hi Michael, Ah, I didn't know that although it makes sense. Of course, rules like that are why sighted players will not play sports with blind players because most of them are not use to playing games like baseball via sound alone and actually have a disadvantage when blind folded. We forget that for us who have been blind for years that we have adapted to that situation where a sighted person only has a couple of minutes or so to try and adapt. That is simply not possible to have lived someone's life with sight and then have to try and learn to play something like baseball by sound with only a few minutes to try and get the hang of it.
Cheers! On 6/8/12, michael barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, Thomas. > In the NBBA which stands for National Beep Baseball Association, has a > rules strick rules I may add. > One of the rules is anytime a fielder and batter gets on the field they > have to wear a blindfold. > The reason for this rule is to make it fair to all players because when > they didn't require you to have a blindfold players who had a little > sight was using it to be able to see the ball. > Which gave the player an advanage to win against the total blind person. > So that is why the NBBA decided to require all ball players to wear the > blindfold, except the pitcher and field spotter. > It is like that in the other sports for the blind aswell. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
