Research Catalog

Title

Safe at first : a guide to help sports administrators reduce their liability / written by Gil Ben Fried ; edited by Herb Appenzeller.

Author

Fried, Gil, 1965-

Publication

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Appenzeller, Herb

Description

xvi, 520 p. : forms; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Safe at First provides the first comprehensive, sports-specific risk management plan for administrators working with youth, high school, college and community-based events. Significant information, strategies, forms, and case highlights are provided to cover all major sports and such areas as event transportation, concessions, first aid, insurance, spectator liability, government immunity and related concerns. Safe at First guides the reader from event formation through event completion and addresses key concerns faced throughout the event."
• "The key issues relating to equipment usage, proper supervision, proper instruction and spectator management are addressed for specific sports including baseball, basketball, combat sports, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, motor sports, track and field, and water sports. Any organization or individual working with sports events or teams needs the most up-to-date information and accompanying forms to help run a safer event without incurring significant costs. Safe at First accomplishes this goal."--Jacket.

Subject

• Liability for sports accidents > United States > Popular works
• Sports personnel > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Popular works

Genre/Form

Popular works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-514) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Table of cases and statutes -- Foreword -- Section I: Event developments -- Introduction -- Why do we need risk management -- Legal terminology and principles -- Risk management principles -- Event directors and committees -- What can you be liable for? -- Waiver and medical releases -- Statutory considerations -- Association standards -- Insurance -- Putting the pieces together to establish a safety committee -- Section II: Event participants -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Contact sports and martial arts -- Football -- Golf -- Gymnastics -- Hockey -- Racquet sports -- Soccer -- Track & field -- Water sports -- Wheel sports -- Winter sports -- Referees and officials -- First aid -- Transportation -- Section III: Event spectators -- Spectator concerns -- Concessions -- Alcohol -- Parking -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- A. Sexual abuse prevention manual -- B. Incident reporting form -- C. Facility rental contract and contract hints -- D. Facility inspection schedule -- E. Facility and equipment repair log -- F. Job descriptions -- G. Employment forms -- H. Sexual harassment policy -- I. Waivers -- J. Football equipment forms -- K. Concession checklist -- L. Actual facility audit for martial arts studio.

ISBN

0890897611

LCCN

^^^99050365^

OCLC

42603368

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library