By signing up and paying you acknowlege the Risks of participating:
1. You acknowledge and agree that there are inherent risks associated with participating in football that may result in personal injury and possible exposure to and illness from communicable diseases (including without limitation COVID-19) and you accept and agree to fully bear those risks.
2. You grant Football Administrators and their staff and volunteers permission to administer first aid to, and (if reasonably required) call an ambulance for you in the event of any personal injury during your participation in football and you undertake to pay or reimburse costs incurred for any such medical attention and ambulance transport.
3. You agree not to bring any claim or proceeding against any Football Administrator (including each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors and assigns) at any time for any damage, loss, injury, illness, disability, death or liability that you may suffer or incur in connection with or arising out of your participation in football. Except for liability that by law cannot be excluded, the Football Administrators exclude all liability to you in tort (including negligence), contract or otherwise for acts or omissions of the Football Administrators (including each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors and assigns).
Indemnity, insurance and limitation of liability
4. You agree to indemnify, and will continue to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Football Administrators (including each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors and assigns) from and against all actions, proceedings, suits, claims, liabilities, damage, costs and expenses that may be incurred or sustained by each of them arising out of any person commencing any proceedings against you for any assault, negligence and/or breach of the Football Australia Statutes, Laws of the Game and/or Competition Administrator's Competition Rules.
5. You acknowledge that the Member Federation of the Club will provide insurance to cover injuries sustained while participating in football and football related activities for that Club or Member Federation, subject to the scope and coverage as prescribed by that Member Federation. A copy of the insurance policy will be provided by your Club’s Member Federation upon request, including details of the applicable benefits (such as death and capital benefits, loss of income and non-Medicare medical expenses), exclusions, maximum benefits and deductibles.
6. You acknowledge that if you suffer any injury (including illness, disability or death) whilst participating in football activities and a cause of injury was the negligence, assault or breach of other obligations imposed by laws, then the liability of Football Administrators (including each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors and assigns) is limited to the extent of any applicable insurance policy held by the Football Administrators and the amount which such insurer pays under the policy or applicable statutory insurance scheme.
7. You acknowledge and agree that Football Administrators are not liable to you for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of Competitions or Matches being cancelled, postponed or changed.
