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Any Scums of the Earth (er, excuse me, Lawyers) on here who
Aug 11, 2020, 9:15 AM
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could answer this question truthfully?
Could there be a legal "release" form generated and signed by individual players and their families against seeking litigation against Clemson for any medical issues brought on by Covid-19, up to and including death?
If such a document could be framed that it would legally stand up in courts, it would ease the collective minds that are the Powers that Be at Clemson, and other schools, about not just football, but sports, or even attendance, in general. Of course, it would require that all the protocols already in place AND WORKING, I might add, continue to be followed.
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Waivers can be written, but in the event Clemson was
Aug 11, 2020, 9:21 AM
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willfully negligent that waiver wouldn't hold up in court.
But that's not really the issue. The players don't want to sign waivers, they want to play and they want the schools to do everything they can to protect them. If a kid signs a waiver to play, then gets COVID from playing football and has no money, what is he supposed to do?
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IF he is among the 1.6% that had the talent to make the NFL,
Aug 11, 2020, 9:26 AM
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he probably cashes in on the insurance policy he took out against "injury". Again, that leaves it for the lawyers to haggle over in court, probably. If he is among the other 98.4%, he deals with it just like the rest of us who have no money.
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willfully negligent
Aug 11, 2020, 9:27 AM
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I'm guessing that you are not a lawyer and have not spent much time in a courtroom.
It's not easy proving where somebody contracted a virus.
Lawsuits usually don't make it to trial. Even if you have a great case, all lawyers want to get paid and will do every thing they can to settle so that both the plantiff and defendant lose and both lawyers win.
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The question was asked if a waiver would stand up in court
Aug 11, 2020, 9:45 AM
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and a waiver/release looks and sounds great, but at the end of the day in the event of willful negligence it would not. Do you disagree?
No, it's not easy proving where someone contracted a virus. Although with the huge effort being made for contact tracing with this particular virus, it is not impossible. Of course an overwhelming majority of civil cases get settled and don't make it to trial, but that wasn't the question asked. Hth
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Re: willfully negligent
Aug 11, 2020, 9:47 AM
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Exactly, they had a comment from a layer on coot radio the other day, and there had already been a written law on college athletes and their claims against a university, and if they do sue, it a Tort Claims law, and the settlements are low, and lawyers mostly benefit the most from them....
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Re: willfully negligent
Aug 11, 2020, 10:56 AM
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No way that dumb coot is a lawyer!
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Re: Any Scums of the Earth (er, excuse me, Lawyers) on here who
Aug 11, 2020, 10:57 AM
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Which part of the student athlete can sue - the student part or the athlete part? If it's the student part all universities that open are at risk. If it's only the athlete part, then that would be discrimination against all students. It would be tied up in the courts for years.
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