I just wish he showed a little more appreciation on how generous the Rockets are. Yea, he's giving them credit here and there, but overall he acts as if this kind of treatment is EXPECTED from national teams.
Providing reasonable workplace accommodations that the disabled are legally entitled to, I wouldn't exactly call being generous. It's called having rights. R.W. doesn't have to make apologies for that. If anything many of us owe him an apology for jumping to conclusions before understanding the whole situation(admittedly myself included). I know it's not an ideal situation, but at the end of the day we do have these laws to protect the disabled for a reason. The nba is no exception, & mental disabilities are no exception. And besides it's looking more & more like he's going to be as good as advertised, so all this should be worth it even if the rockets weren't required to by law anyway. Jmo.
For a donut shop, its about the donuts right? If you work for a basketball team its about the basketball at the end of the day. -This same thing happens with music and politics. Some bands really get political with their message. Maynard James Keenan of the rock band Tool said something awhile back along the lines of "Nobody is standing for in line for hours for tickets to a spoken word concert." At the end of the day, even the most politically charged musicians have to make good music at the end of the day for people to really give a crap. This is something that I hope Royce understands. If he really is passionate about the cause, then he needs to effectively use basketball as a vessel to carry his message. To broaden his audience, and really make an impact, he needs to be very very good at basketball first and foremost. I'm rooting for the guy, but I hope he learns that he shouldn't put the cart in front of the horse so to speak. He needs to work his tail of his first few years to establish himself in the NBA if he really wants to use basketball to make an impact to his cause.
Are you referring to Casey Martin, being able to use a golf cart in a professional tournament? What a bunch of hullabaloo that caused, but in the end, it didn't give him a leg up on the competition (pardon the pun). He still had to execute the shots. I'd prefer it all come down whether RW can get it done on the basketball court during games when it really matters. All the other extraneous stuff is, well, fluff.
My point is that the Supreme Court has already determined that the ADA is applicable to professional sports. You are correct, the essential function is playing basketball, Royce can do that, the other stuff, travel, is fluff, so you accommodate it. Granting reasonable accommodation is not an issue of giving someone a "leg up" on the competition, it is simply to permit a disabled individual who can perform the essential functions of a job to do so.
Even if it is legally enforcable, unless White is that good, teams won't accomodate him, and he won't be able to land a contract. He's going to have to adjust- and I think with the right amount of help and some time he will.
Not required by law at all. I haven't found one case to support that. Yes, professional sports are covered under ADA, but reasonable accomodation is so malleable, squishy that the legal funds of NBA could literally crush whatever legal action Royce might try to bring. Not legally required, until its been litigated over. Remember this, kids.
I never felt it gave Casey Martin the advantage. I was referring to the players and PGA officials who opposed it, under the premise that it gave him an advantage. But in the end, he still had to perform and in that respect, he was on a level playing field. No, I don't oppose making reasonable accommodations for athletes who warrant it. But what I watch basketball or golf or any other sport for that matter, for is to see what they can do when they are competing. I don't get bogged down in all that other stuff.
Sorry, I misunderstood your post. I hope this works for Royce and the Rockets benefit with some stellar play.
The NBA needs to show that it's making reasonable accomodations for RW. However, the question then becomes if RW starts missing games due to his medical condition, it's there an onus on him to make reasonable efforts to improve his condition (ie. taking pills, seeing a hypnotist etc.) ? At the end of the day, does his condition have to improve so to speak or does the law allow him to play with the Rockets despite potentially missing games due to his illness. I think this is becoming more of a legal question, any lawyers on this forum?
