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There's a much greater chance that you will be assaulted then sued. While state tort laws differ, the chances a sports official can be held liable for anything other than an intentional or grossly negligent act are very small.
We talked about this at our association meeting several weeks ago. Don't get involved in an injured player sitaution -- just bekon the coach/trainer and anyone else they believe they need, and get the other players away from there. Don't treat a player and by all means don't interfere with treatment.
Unless you let a player play with obviously illegal equipment (studed jewlery comes to mind), there isn't much legally that one can do to a sports official.
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