Description of Risks
4. Assumption and Acknowledgement of Risks. The Participant understands and acknowledges that the Activities involve inherent, foreseeable, and unforeseeable risks, dangers, and hazards that no amount of care, caution, instruction, or expertise can eliminate. These risks may result in serious bodily injury, permanent disability, paralysis, illness, property damage, or death. The Participant voluntarily participates in the Activities with knowledge of these risks.
Risks, dangers, and hazards associated with the Activities include, but are not limited to:
a. Physical exertion, overexertion, rapid movement, stopping, turning, jumping, kicking, stretching, dehydration, fatigue, lack of fitness or conditioning, and other physical demands of soccer.
b. Falls, slips, trips, loss of balance, collisions, contact with other participants, contact with soccer balls, goals, nets, fences, walls, equipment, spectators, officials, or other persons.
c. Sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, bruises, cuts, dental injuries, eye injuries, concussions, brain injuries, spinal injuries, and other traumatic injuries.
d. Defective, dangerous, unsafe, uneven, wet, icy, hard, artificial, grass, turf, indoor, outdoor, or otherwise irregular playing surfaces or facilities.
e. Weather, environmental conditions, travel to and from Activities, use or failure of equipment, failure to use protective equipment properly, and negligent advice or instruction.
f. Exposure to communicable or infectious illnesses or diseases, including but not limited to COVID-19, influenza, viruses, bacteria, parasites, or other organisms.
g. The conduct, actions, omissions, or negligence of the Participant, other participants, spectators, coaches, officials, volunteers, facility operators, or the Organization.
5. Participant Responsibilities. The Participant agrees to act safely and responsibly, to comply with all rules, instructions, facility requirements, and equipment requirements, to wear appropriate soccer equipment including shin guards and suitable footwear, to immediately stop participating if the Participant observes or experiences an unusual hazard, injury, illness, or unsafe condition, and to notify a Dream Soccer Club representative as soon as reasonably possible.
Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, and Indemnity
6. Release and Waiver. In consideration of the Organization allowing the Participant to participate in the Activities, the undersigned agrees: (a) to assume all risks arising out of, associated with, or related to the Participant’s participation in the Activities; (b) to waive any and all claims that the Participant or the undersigned may have now or in the future against the Organization; (c) to freely accept and fully assume all risks and the possibility of personal injury, illness, death, property damage, expense, and related loss; and (d) to forever release, discharge, hold harmless, and indemnify the Organization from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including legal fees, arising from or related to the Participant’s participation in the Activities, even where caused by negligence, breach of duty, omission, carelessness, or other fault of the Organization.
7. Property and Equipment. The Organization is not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged property, vehicle, personal belongings, or equipment brought to or used during the Activities.
8. Optional Image, Video and Audio Release. The Participant and, where applicable, the Participant’s parent/legal guardian may choose whether to grant permission to Dream Soccer Club and the Organization to photograph, film, videotape, record, livestream, or otherwise capture the Participant’s image, likeness, name, voice, and/or participation in the Activities. If consent is provided below, the Organization may use, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, edit, and otherwise make use of such photographs, recordings, and audio/visual materials for promotional, educational, informational, archival, website, social media, newsletter, print, broadcast, advertising, or other lawful purposes connected with the Organization. The undersigned understands that such materials may be viewed by members of the public and that all rights, title, copyright, and interest in the materials shall remain the property of the Organization. The undersigned waives any claim to compensation, royalties, remuneration, inspection, approval, or further notice arising from the use of such materials.