1.) Voluntarily and of my own free will, I elect to participate as a member of the softball team and league indicated below.
2.) I understand that there are certain risks and hazards involved in participating in softball that may result in injury or death to me or other players, including, but not limited to those hazards
associated with weather conditions, playing conditions, field design, field maintenance, field condition, equipment or other participants.
3.) I understand that softball is dangerous to me and to other players and may result in serious injury or death.
4.) I understand that the very nature of the game of softball is hazardous and risky, including, but not limited to, the acts of swinging, hitting, throwing, running, falling, slipping, fielding and catching
of the ball, running, jumping, stretching, sliding, diving, and collisions with other players and with stationary objects, all of which can cause serious injury or death to me and to other players.
Furthermore, I the undersigned player, agree that in consideration for the right to play as a member of the team designated below and in consideration for permission to play on the fields arranged for by
the team, league, and the Douglas County Task Force on Family Violence (DCTFV), I agree as follows:1.) I acknowledge that I have a duty to inspect the conditions of the field and areas surrounding prior to each match and throughout the match. If I begin any part of the match thereof, I waive any
claim for any injury arising from a defective condition of the field or surrounding area.2.) I voluntarily elect to accept and assume all risks of injury incurred or suffered by me (a) while practicing or playing as a member of the team so designated, (b) while serving in a non-playing
capacity as a team member during practice or play by other teams or by other players on my team, (c) while on or upon the premises of any and all of the fields arranged for by my team or league,
or DCTFV for practice or play, and (d) for all risks of injury associated with any latent or patent defects of the field or the improvements surrounding the field.
3.) I release, discharge, and agree not to sue the team and league designated below, DCTFV, the field owner or other entity designated below, any officers, agents, servants, associations, employees,
or any person or entity connected with the team, or league field, for any claim, damages, costs or cause including but not limited to the negligence, omission, breach of contract or wrongful conduct of
DCTFV and these parties are hereby released from liability.I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ AND THAT I UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE ABOVE PROVISIONS IN THIS WAIVER, RELEASE OF LIABILITY