A man who is deaf is suing the University of Kentucky because there is no closed captioning of Kentucky Football games in Commonwealth Stadium.
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This from NBC4i.com:
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The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Charles Mitchell of Lancaster, Ky., is similar to suits brought against Ohio State University and the NFL’s Washington Redskins.
Mitchell, who sued in U.S. District Court in Lexington, is seeking an injunction forcing the university to put captions for all game announcements on the scoreboards of the stadium under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bars discrimination against people with disabilities.
“Our ultimate goal is to have the stadium captioning games,” said [COLOR=#000000]Columbus[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]Ohio[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]attorney[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Laren Knoll[/COLOR], who represents [COLOR=#000000]Mitchell[/COLOR]. “Obviously, he’s a big Cats fan.”
University of [COLOR=#000000]Kentucky[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]spokesman[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Jay Blanton[/COLOR] declined to comment Thursday, saying the matter was being litigated.
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I have been a season ticket holder in the past, and there were times I wish I couldn’t see the games, let alone read about them.
With that said, I believe it would be a positive move by the University to have closed captions on the scoreboard, that is if it doesn’t take money away from the faculty.
Everyone knows how that would turn out….
