An article in the Oct. 21 Diamondback, a student newspaper run by the University of Maryland, reported that the National Association of the Deaf and the two Terrapins sports patrons who are deaf have sued the university for inadequate captioning at sporting events and added a second complaint with additional violations. In addition to failing to provide captioning for the announcer’s comments on the scoreboards and Jumbotrons in the stadium, the university’s athletic department’s website lacks captioning of the videos it publishes. According to the paper, university officials claimed that game announcements were adequately captioned online and provided on tablets patrons could request to use during games.
