12-08-2014, 01:50 PM
2) How do these rules and regulations fit in with the law (which supersedes them). In other words, are they even legally enforceable (I suspect not in its current form). There are laws against disability discrimination, but having an event in the upstairs part of a lift-less building because that was the only feasible option is not - in my view - discrimination against the disabled. That's why laws on such things are usually accompanied by "wherever reasonable/proportionate/appropriate" etc - which this motion omits.
You are wrong Andrew in that the motion, the onus is on the disabled player to inform the organiser to inform them of their needs, thus giving the organiser time to find appropriate accommodation for the disabled player if required
The quote from you Andrew above, can be challenged legally, I would that one up to the lawyers.
All this motion is doing to formalise a lot of what already happens in tournaments
You are wrong Andrew in that the motion, the onus is on the disabled player to inform the organiser to inform them of their needs, thus giving the organiser time to find appropriate accommodation for the disabled player if required
The quote from you Andrew above, can be challenged legally, I would that one up to the lawyers.
All this motion is doing to formalise a lot of what already happens in tournaments