Inside, the “handicap platform” is about 120 yards away from where the team is actually practicing. Fine, at least they have a platform for people to get out of the sun if they need to. I don’t need to, so I head out toward the players so I can see something because I am so far away I can’t even tell who is who in terms of the players.

I am stopped at a roped off area and told I cannot go any further because my wheelchair is going to tear up the grass. I say, “It’s not like I am going on the field, it won’t affect the players or anything.” Not to mention I go on grass all the time and it merely leave a mark similar to the tracks that the wheels of a lawnmower makes, it doesn’t tear up grass. So I ask for a supervisor, express my concerns that I can’t see jack from my quarantined area. This guy walks around for a couple minutes like he is doing something, comes back and tells me there’s nothing he can do.

At this point I have lost all excitement for being at training camp as I am being treated like I have an infectious disease and tell the supervisor what I think about the accessibility at Dove Valley (BTW Invesco is AWESOME in terms of accessibility) and that this does not meet Denver’s standards which are set relatively high.

So I am wondering if it is worth going back this year, or has nothing changed and will I still feel like Hannibal Lecter? Anybody know?