Hey TEE
Forget these busy BEES
Cmon with MEE
You can ref with MEE for no FEE
after the game, will have a brewsKEE!

Dude

Re: JR and friends
 

Attaboy!
Hang in and hold on, TEE.
It ain't a bad ride. ;)

Re: TEE
 

Take care and make sure that there are no extra innings,TEE.

quick thing
 

Remind me to never get on the bad side of you guys LOL



Mike

Re: All
 

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I have selected to woithdraw from this thread and allow all the others have a victory.

Without being critical, what is the purpose of these edits? Nobody wants to "claim victory"; we just want to know what our potential liability is on the court. And when we talk about the "darkside" on this board, it's usually in a good-natured way; but I don't see any indication of humor in the new posts.

Finally, and again please understand this is an HONEST QUESTION, what did you learn about yourself? Because, honestly, I haven't learned anything in this thread; it's all been very confusing to me. As I said earlier, I have no legal background, so I still have no idea if we've come to any concensus. (I just know I spelled that wrong :( )

Chuck

Chuck,did you read that NASO article on liability that I quoted? It's author was a lawyer,and I thought he made some excellent points in it.

At least that was my consensus.

I did not past the middle of page 2 of this thread because of all the legal mumbo jumbo. I will simply say if a player gets knocked cold and god forbid swallows his tongue, a tongue ring is NOT a good thing in that situation.

Not wanting to drag this one back out of the can, but . . .

From cnn.com:
Everyone's worst nightmare - the courts "correcting" a call or, worse, finding the official financially responsible (doubt this would ever hold up in a court of law, but you never know).

I remember Bob Levey (Washington Post columnist) responding to a parent who wanted video replays in a youth soccer league - 'What happens if the two dads taping the game have different angles and replays? US Appeals Courts will be forced to schedule Sunday hearings.'

After reading the posts, I think Tim came in to stir up a hornest nest and then leave.

Nevertheless, the fear of lawsuits dealing with safety issues is real and is always emphasized in meetings that I have attended in basketball and softball. ASA for softball has insurance for its members and tells them to never call an non-ASA game. Those umps have been sued.

It is very conceivable to move the legal precedent that has occured in other instances to the jewelry issue. It appears from the past posts that courts hold officials accountable legally and financially for failure to provide safety for participants when they can do so. So, it is no jump of logic that we would be liable for not knowingly enforcing the jewelry rule.

Fear is a normal emotion and the decision to have jewelry removed is a prudent and intelligent decision. Not to do it is a foolish and stupid decision. How one reacts to fear reveals a lot about oneself.

I take this issue seriously and even walked off the court in the middle of a game due to this point (it was a rec league and I lost all my games cause the powers that be did not like my decision). It's a long story but the bottom line was I was not going to leave myself open to a lawsuit.

PLease help,

What round is this bout in?

We have Mr. Tee in the home corner wearing the red(faced) trunks, and in the other corner, the rest of the reffs wearing the snow white trunks.

LEEEETTS GET READY TO RRRUUUMMMMBBBBLLLLEE!!!!!!

No maas! No maas! :p

This is the weirdest thread I have ever read, on anything.

I still think it's crazy that McDonalds lost the spilled coffee law suit. People that buy coffee know that it is hot and if you're careless enough to drop it on your lap you deserved to get burned.

The point is, people sue over anyting. And, as many people as there are that will sue of silly stuff, there are as many jurors that will sympathize with them.

Some people, rather than trying to earn their money honestly, look for any possible way to take it from someone else. Some just try to use the courts to do it...it may be legal but it doesn't make it right.

So it took you 18 months to check in on this thread, because..

I know there will be at least four people that will want to respond to this but...................

Camron posted on this thread because Camron wanted to. Does he need to get permission?