Question

When a plaintiff is suing a defendant, the defendant may raise an affirmative defense to relieve it of liability or to reduce its liability. You have read Sports & Entertainment Law: Liability for Injuries under the Sports Exception Doctrine. After you read this page, answer the following questions. What contact sports do you believe qualify under this "sports exception" doctrine for which proof of negligence is insufficient to establish liability for injuries sustained during the athletic contest? Is softball a contact sport for players? What about coaching or officiating decisions made in the middle of a fast-moving game?

Answer 1

As per the laws related to the sports , sports exception doctrine allows only such sports which may bring some kind of injury to the sports person which are not in the control of the game authority or the sports person itself. Some of them may also includes life risks too. Generally for participating in such sports, sports authority takes declaration forms from the players and the clauses there which are signed by the players protect them to establish liability for the injuries sustained during the sports.

Softball may be the contact sport for players but as there is no such life risks involved thus players agreed to play it without contacts also. Regarding the sports exclusions doctrine , same rules applies from the time of coaching that authority would not be held responsibile anyhow for the injuries and or death occoured during the activity.