The establishment of guidelines for injury waivers in college athletic programs

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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Keith S.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHolford, Elyzabeth J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRedican, Kerry J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStratton, Richard K.en
dc.contributor.departmentHealth and Physical Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:33Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:33Zen
dc.date.issued1994-06-02en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-30en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-30en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this project was to create guidelines of practice for college athletic directors in creating injury waivers for their departments. It is the complexity of the different issues concerning the waiver that ledSteve Horton, an Assistant Athletic Director at Virginia Tech to suggest the need for the development of standards for collegiate athletic programs in Virginia (Horton, 1993). However, it is possible for standards to be developed that can be used for any athletic department as long as the users are aware of the applicable laws in their own states. Creation of general guidelines will provide a tool which athletic departments can use in establishing their standard of care to the athletes. The establishment of tangible guidelines may make the use of injury waivers as a defense, more plausible in courten
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent37 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03302010-020416en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020416/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41848en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1994.B835.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31467927en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1994.B835en
dc.subject.lcshCollege sports -- Law and legislation -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshLiability for sports accidents -- United Statesen
dc.titleThe establishment of guidelines for injury waivers in college athletic programsen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth and Physical Educationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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