***STUDENT-PARENT-GUARDIAN WARNING***
It is the school district's intent to provide any athlete with good instruction, safe equipment, and safe transportation; but we cannot eliminate all risks involved in sports participation. ACCIDENTAL INJURY, COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO ANY PREVENTABLE CAUSE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
This ASSUMPTION OF RISK form is designed to provide this school district with a degree of protection. It is not designed to deny the rights of any injured athlete. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDES CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE TO PARTICIPATING STUDENTS. Participation in WIAA sponsored interscholastic activities is voluntary and extracurricular. As a condition to participation in these activities, you and your parents/guardians must understand the risks involved in these kinds of activities.
"WARNING" Participation in any athletic activity may involve injury of some type to either yourself or a fellow student athlete. Such injury can include direct physical and possible crippling injury to one's body and the possibility of emotional injury experienced as a result of witnessing or actually inflicting injury to another. The severity of such injury can range from minor to catastrophic injury such as complete paralysis or even one's future ability to earn a living, to engage in another business, social and recreational activities, and generally to enjoy life.
Activity injuries can result from the incorrect or correct performance of playing techniques used in try-outs, practices, warm-ups, games, drills, exercises and other similar undertakings. Injury can also result from failing to follow game, training, safety or other team rules. Injury can result from the use of transportation provided or arranged by the school district to and from the interscholastic activity.
Therefore, the purpose of this WARNING is to aid you in making an informed decision as to whether you/your child or ward should participate in these activities. In addition, its purpose is to make you aware that as a student participant, or as a parent or guardian of a student participant, it is your responsibility to learn about and/or inquire of coaches, physicians, advisors or other knowledgeable persons about any concerns that you might have at any time regarding participant's safety.