Noting that in most states football teams typically switch from limited contact levels
during the preseason to two practices a day,
at least one
of which includes contact, they expressed concern that, based on their findings, «the brain may not be able to adjust quickly to this change, leaving players
at increased risk for
injury»
at the beginning
of the football season.
At the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense of assumption of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack of supervision at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleade
At the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense
of assumption
of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured
during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack
of supervision
at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleade
at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers
of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably
increased a student's
risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid
injury to a cheerleader.
Animals that are obese are
at a higher
risk of developing health disorders including cardiac disease, diabetes, respiratory problems, arthritis,
increased risk of injury, and complications
during surgery.