Not my job. But in my line of work, when there is a death you need to question whether you should have handled things differently.
I'm sure there will be an investigation. Still... USAT seems to accept that there are risks involved in competition.
This is the release from an event I recently participated in (not a USAT event). The word "death" occurs 3x. I signed it, but didn't get parental consent.:
I, _____________________________________________________ (please print full name of competitor), in
consideration of being allowed by Mad River Glen Cooperative to participate in
__________________________________________________________ (print name of event) at Mad River Glen,
and any preparatory training therefore, do hereby release and agree to hold harmless and indemnify the directors,
officers, shareholders, agents, servants, and employees of Mad River Glen Cooperative of any and all corporations
who are involved, whether they merely own the land or are directly involved in the management of Mad River Glen
and its insurance carrier, and the directors, officers, shareholders, any and all agents, servants, and employees of
such insurance carrier from any and all claims, actions, or damages without any limitation whatsoever, whether
consisting of personal injury, property damage, or death that does or may result in any way from my participation in
these competitive sporting events, whether such injuries of any kind or nature or such death is caused by their
negligence or not, assuming myself any and all responsibility and liability for the same. I further agree to indemnify
and hold harmless all of those above named from any damages or cost or expense whatsoever which they or any of
them sustain as a result of any claim brought by anyone against any of them as a result of my preparation for and/or
my participation these competitive sporting events.
I, as a competitor, completely understand that this paragraph constitutes a covenant and a promise on my part to
fully discharge all of the above-named parties from any and all liability of any kind for any injuries, loss, damage, or
death which may result from my participation in these competitive sporting events.
Additionally, in consideration of being permitted to compete in these events, I hereby release Mad River Glen
Cooperative and any other sponsors, promoters, etc., their successors, agents, servants, and all other persons for all
claims, demands, and causes of action of any kind of nature which I may have or ever will have arising out of or
connected with the filming (movies or still) and taping (voice or otherwise) of me during such competition and the
use thereof of such materials as shall result from these activities by anyone thereafter. I consent to making of such
photographs and films and/or tapes, and the further use, reproduction, and publication of the same in perpetuity,
worldwide and in any and all media, whether nor known or hereafter developed.
This release is binding, and I so understand, not only upon myself but upon my heirs, administrators, executors, and
assigns, and I herewith again reaffirm my free and willing intent to execute it, acknowledging a complete
understanding of its terms and conditions and the totality of its effect, and the totalness of the waiver of any rights
that I would otherwise have had, had this agreement not been executed.
Not my job. But in my line of work, when there is a death you need to question whether you should have handled things differently.
I'm sure there will be an investigation. Still... USAT seems to accept that there are risks involved in competition.
This is the release from an event I recently participated in (not a USAT event). The word "death" occurs 3x. I signed it, but didn't get parental consent.:
I, _____________________________________________________ (please print full name of competitor), in
consideration of being allowed by Mad River Glen Cooperative to participate in
__________________________________________________________ (print name of event) at Mad River Glen,
and any preparatory training therefore, do hereby release and agree to hold harmless and indemnify the directors,
officers, shareholders, agents, servants, and employees of Mad River Glen Cooperative of any and all corporations
who are involved, whether they merely own the land or are directly involved in the management of Mad River Glen
and its insurance carrier, and the directors, officers, shareholders, any and all agents, servants, and employees of
such insurance carrier from any and all claims, actions, or damages without any limitation whatsoever, whether
consisting of personal injury, property damage, or death that does or may result in any way from my participation in
these competitive sporting events, whether such injuries of any kind or nature or such death is caused by their
negligence or not, assuming myself any and all responsibility and liability for the same. I further agree to indemnify
and hold harmless all of those above named from any damages or cost or expense whatsoever which they or any of
them sustain as a result of any claim brought by anyone against any of them as a result of my preparation for and/or
my participation these competitive sporting events.
I, as a competitor, completely understand that this paragraph constitutes a covenant and a promise on my part to
fully discharge all of the above-named parties from any and all liability of any kind for any injuries, loss, damage, or
death which may result from my participation in these competitive sporting events.
Additionally, in consideration of being permitted to compete in these events, I hereby release Mad River Glen
Cooperative and any other sponsors, promoters, etc., their successors, agents, servants, and all other persons for all
claims, demands, and causes of action of any kind of nature which I may have or ever will have arising out of or
connected with the filming (movies or still) and taping (voice or otherwise) of me during such competition and the
use thereof of such materials as shall result from these activities by anyone thereafter. I consent to making of such
photographs and films and/or tapes, and the further use, reproduction, and publication of the same in perpetuity,
worldwide and in any and all media, whether nor known or hereafter developed.
This release is binding, and I so understand, not only upon myself but upon my heirs, administrators, executors, and
assigns, and I herewith again reaffirm my free and willing intent to execute it, acknowledging a complete
understanding of its terms and conditions and the totality of its effect, and the totalness of the waiver of any rights
that I would otherwise have had, had this agreement not been executed.
