Is this true about CIs

Thanks Deafmama and Sr171soars...it seems like it is not the case that the school is changing to soccer cuz of the kids not being able to play cuz many others responded saying they can play. I have a feeling it has something to do with insurance reasons. My friend still hasnt gotten back to me about that one..guess he is busy. :dunno:
 
shel90 said:
... I have a feeling it has something to do with insurance reasons. ...
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That would certainly have a role in this issue.

Just think how many pools years ago that had diving boards. Now, you would be hard pressed to find them.
 
sr171soars said:
That would certainly have a role in this issue.

Just think how many pools years ago that had diving boards. Now, you would be hard pressed to find them.
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U just reminded me...my best friend whom I grew up with in AZ recently visited her family in AZ. She took her kids to the public pool where we used to go as kids. She paged me saying that both diving boards (the low one and high one) are no longer there. I was like "U are kidding me?!!!" Those diving boards were a big deal to us kids. Yea, people are scared of lawsuits, I guess.
 
deafmama78 said:
Could it actually be because of the # of enrollments is going down?

See, I attended the state school for the Daef in my state for 2 yrs & they didn't have a football team but it is simply because the school I attended only had an erollment of about 120 kids from age 2 to 26 as we had about 10 kids in the CIP program, which is continuing education after graduating HS.

I can't remember at the moment if my state school for the deaf ever had a footbal team, I would imagine they used to back when the school had an enrollment of 500+. But during my time there and currently, instead of football, they have a soccer team. I think every year MSD plays against OSD for our homecoming.

But as for CI's and sports? As far as I know, CI'ers should avoid hard contact sport - but many still go ahead and play as long as they wear helments to protect their head/CI area from possibile injujries.

I hope this somewhat helps answers your question, Shel90.

Also, some CI'ers would choose to have the ability of being able to hear rather than playing football, sure they miss out a lil but there's always other stuff to do instead, right?
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That's a good point, deafmama. I'm sure that is a factor, also.
 
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