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The ASA reasoning is quite simple; asking or even telling coach he is legally liable has no legal standing. That statement cannot waive the legal rights, remedies, nor responsibilities of anyone else. Not the youths, the parents of the youths, nor even the adults in the adult games.
The lawyers have further stated that a signed waiver would also serve no legal purpose. So, there is no point in attempting to say the coach is liable, and that saying it, knowing it has no legal standing, might even be used against the umpires and ASA by a jury.
It only has a legal standing in NFHS, where the SCHOOL assumes responsibility for the students in a school function. We say the coach is liable; the coach is acting as an employee, and would be defended and indemnified by the school.
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Steve
ASA/ISF/NCAA/NFHS/PGF
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