[La-students] Breaking News!!!

[Joe Orozco]

    That's what we'll try to vote on at the teleconference.  Normally we've 
done it the Saturday before exhibits, the same day as Braille Carnaval, but 
I think Wednesday afternoon may be the alternative.  Will keep you posted.

          Joe Orozco

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."--Emiliano 
Zapata
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Subject: Re: [La-students] Breaking News!!!


> When is the goalball tournament? Albert
>
>
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>>Subject: [La-students] Breaking News!!!
>>Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:23:59 -0400
>>
>>         This Just In:
>>
>>     Word has it from reliable critics of the country's leading blindness
>>movement that the NFB's got balls.  What?!?!  ...  Goal balls, that is.
>>How
>>dare this group of radicals plan the most exciting interstate throw-down 
>>in
>>the history of balls!
>>
>>     Dick Jewels, spokesman for the Blind Athletes League of Loser Sports,
>>otherwise known as, well, BALLS, was quoted as saying: "This time those
>>Federationists have gone too far in redefining the athletic abilities of
>>the
>>average blind person.  It is a blow to the very groin of the pity for the
>>less competitive nature of the blind our league has worked hard to 
>>maintain
>>in the eyes of a sympathetic public."
>>
>>     Advocates for the National Association of Disabled Sports praise the
>>impending tournament at the NFB's national convention in Atlanta as a
>>long-awaited relief.  They point out that Blind people can compete on 
>>equal
>>terms on the playing field.  "The idea that blind athletes need relaxed
>>rules to be able to score is just nuts," says NADS president, Jimmy 
>>Saxful.
>>
>>     Organizers of the goal ball endeavor predict this will be the largest
>>tournament of balls ever felt in the state of Georgia.  Big, small, young
>>and old ... the event is said to welcome participants from all walks of
>>life
>>regardless of their athletic ability.  At its core, organizers want the
>>event to be an enjoyable opportunity for people to meet in a fun and easy
>>environment.  Nothing rouses Federation spirit like a few rounds of
>>friendly
>>competition!  Potential players interested in a teleconference on Monday,
>>April 23 at 9:00 PM Eastern should contact Sports and Recreation First 
>>Vice
>>President, Christella Garcia, at:
>>
>>christellablue at gmail.com
>>
>>     Feel free to invite a couple of friends.  You may also contact Joe
>>Orozco, assuming he has not been disowned.
>>
>>     Debates continue to rage over a blind person's athletic capacity.
>>Critics insist the NFB has once again erected standards too hard to be
>>achieved by the average blind individual.  Supporters embrace the move as 
>>a
>>new thrust toward independence.  One Federationist, we'll call him Bob, 
>>put
>>the matter into perspective when he said: "The goal ball tournament has
>>swelled into a highly anticipated tradition, and despite the escalating
>>ridicule, there is no denying that the balls are coming soon."
>>
>>***The preceding did not receive the official endorsement of the National
>>Federation of the Blind, the National Sports and Recreation Division or
>>anyone, past or present, publically associated with the organization. 
>>"The
>>NFB's Got Balls" is the ground-breaking slogan credited to Everett
>>Gavel.***
>>
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