[nfb-talk] Breaking News!!!

[Michael K. Freholm]

I think you're nuts.  (Sorry, someone had to say it)

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ear Everett,

CAn I bring my own balls or do I have to use someone else's?

David Evans
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Subject: [nfb-talk] Breaking News!!!


>        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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