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To: DScottD who wrote (37498)	9/9/1999 12:36:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<Has anyone else heard about the high school basketball player in the Chicago area who is suing his school district under the ADA to be reinstated to the team? >> They were laughing about that idiocy on WLS. I didn't pay much attention though.

To: DScottD who wrote (37498)	9/9/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

I say more power to him. Stick it to da man.

To: DScottD who wrote (37498)	9/9/1999 3:27:00 PM
From: jhild	Respond to of 71178

On the face of it, I don't see any case there. He knew the rules going into it but engaged in behaviour that got him busted, rather than keeping his condition and his drinking a private matter. Since his alcoholism has not absolved him of his offenses, and since it is the misdeed itself that is the subject of the school regulation, not the drinking per se, then tough luck. After all they didn't say no one who drinks couldn't play. (If they did that they would be recruiting in the junior high for players to fill their rosters.) There is no discrimination against alcoholics that I can see, just against those that get busted for drink related offenses. How about a world where people can take responsibility for their actions? Less work for lawyers I guess is the answer to that.

To: DScottD who wrote (37498)	9/9/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Hi, DSD. Unfortunately, I know just enough about the ADA to be dangerous. I know that the law prohibits, not only discrimination in the workplace, but discrimination in public accommodations. Is a basketball team covered by the ADA? If he was in a wheelchair, could he say that they were discriminating against him by not letting him play? I think not. My thought would be that they are not discriminating against him for being an alcoholic, they are sanctioning him for violating the law. Not all discrimination is unlawful, as you know. Anyway, by the time the case is resolved, if he actually took it to the Supreme Court, it would be maybe 5 years, so what good will it do him? Just my 2 cents.