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Administrators unsure how new federal guidelines for handicapped will affect traditional school sports

Albany defensive end Eddie Delaney (96), who played

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Albany defensive end Eddie Delaney (96), who played for Sachem East high school, plays without a left hand. (Nov. 26, 2011)

Long Island high school sports administrators are waiting to see what impact new federal guidelines giving students with disabilities a fair shot to play on traditional sports teams will have on their programs. The guidelines were released Friday.

"There has to be a lot of dialogue about what this means and what we will be asked to do," said Ed Cinelli, Suffolk County executive director of...

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