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Posted on: Friday, July 17, 2009

CFB: Suit seeks OSU stadium game captions


Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A hearing-impaired football fan wants Ohio State University to offer captioning on the scoreboard and television monitors at Ohio Stadium.

Thirty-two-year-old Vincent Sabino from the Columbus suburb of Hilliard says he can't hear the announcers. A federal lawsuit was filed on his behalf in Columbus last month by the National Association of the Deaf, which charges that the university is violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by not providing captioning at all its venues.

Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said the university is working with Sabino's attorney and understands its legal obligations under the act.

The suit says captioning would help hearing-impaired fans by explaining such things as referees' calls.

Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com