RISK MANAGEMENT IN YOUTH ATHLETICS

The findings of this research are presented in three major discussions. The first discussion provides an overview of the history of youth athletics in the United States. The legal liability of the organizations administering youth athletic program is reviewed in the second discussion. The concepts of risk management, together with the application of these concepts by organizations administering youth athletic programs, is examined in the third discussion.

The history of youth athletics in the United States is considered in four contexts. First, the purpose underlying the development of formal youth athletic programs in this country is discussed, and then the development of the major programs of this type in the United States is reviewed. The benefits to society of the conduct of youth athletic programs

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some courts throw out the concept while other courts continue to embrace it. The concept of contributory negligence is another that poses problems for the organization administering youth athletic programs (Baley and Matthews, 1989, p. 39). This concept in most states in the United States is applied to children between the ages of seven and 18 years old differently from the way the concept is applied to adults. Generally, children between the ages of seven and 18 years old may be held contributorily liable only to the extent that they fail to exercise "that degree of care ordinarily exercised by a child of similar age under the same or similar circumstances" (Baley and Matthews, 1989, p. 47). A statement by a youth athletic program administration that an injured player acted in a reckless manner, thus, may not be a defense against a liability claim by the player or her or his family. Other Sources of Liability Recently, an adult volunteer coach brought suit against Little League Baseball for violating his rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act (Koslowski, 1994, pp. 18-21). Little League Baseball contended that the presence of the wheelchair at a baseline coaching position created a risk of physical injury to the p
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Approximate Pages = 21 (250 words per page)

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