If you are coaching, make sure your insurance will cover Covid19 claims.
The underlying assumption in these discussion about "getting softball back to the way it was" is that no one on the team will be infected by covid19....which is a fantasy. Covid19 thrives when people start congregating. So, if you put 20 teams at a tournament, some people are going to get covid19 at the tournaments.
So, when a kid/daddy/mommy/sibling gets seriously ill, the relatives will be looking for someone to blame. I'm not arguing right or wrong--it is "just the way people are".
Everyone has a duty to take reasonable steps to not harm other people. The more "in control" you are, the greater duty that you have.
If a park district, tournament or coaches fails to take reasonable steps to protect the players, umpires and spectators from harm, they will be liable for the injury.
If only one person gets sick, it will be difficult to prove liability.
But, suppose 25% of people get sick at a tournament. Or, suppose 50% of your team ended up with covid19.
In that situation, proving liability is easy. As soon as liability is established, then a coach/tournament director/park district could be liable for everyone affected by Covid19...players, parents, acquaintances.
This is going to get real nasty, real fast.
The underlying assumption in these discussion about "getting softball back to the way it was" is that no one on the team will be infected by covid19....which is a fantasy. Covid19 thrives when people start congregating. So, if you put 20 teams at a tournament, some people are going to get covid19 at the tournaments.
So, when a kid/daddy/mommy/sibling gets seriously ill, the relatives will be looking for someone to blame. I'm not arguing right or wrong--it is "just the way people are".
Everyone has a duty to take reasonable steps to not harm other people. The more "in control" you are, the greater duty that you have.
If a park district, tournament or coaches fails to take reasonable steps to protect the players, umpires and spectators from harm, they will be liable for the injury.
If only one person gets sick, it will be difficult to prove liability.
But, suppose 25% of people get sick at a tournament. Or, suppose 50% of your team ended up with covid19.
In that situation, proving liability is easy. As soon as liability is established, then a coach/tournament director/park district could be liable for everyone affected by Covid19...players, parents, acquaintances.
This is going to get real nasty, real fast.
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