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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
To start, the law can state whatever, it cannot prevent legal action against anyone.
As an umpire, I am not medically trained nor an agent of the state and as such accept zero responsibility for the care of a minor when there are legal guardians and/or adults whom have entrusted with the responsibility for the well-being of that child.
I'm sure many will consider my statement as callous. I consider it being a responsible adult who expects other adults to acknowledge and act accordingly as it pertains to their accepted responsibilities.
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I agree with most of your perspective. I was just explaining the MN law, which in reality merely set into law what was essentially the policy of the MSHSL already. The legislature just expanded it to non-school entities regardless of what the sanctioning body may have in their policies and rules.
Personally, I thought the legislature was doing what they do best: meddling into things they know nothing about with "feel good" laws so that can claim to be "taking action."
So, now I have to produce an up-to-date certificate showing that I attended concussion protocol training in order to register as an umpire with ASA.
So far (several years into this) no one has been sued and I have asked no one to leave a game due to concussion symptoms.