There are certain inherent risks associated with participating in sports and/or athletic training that cannot be eliminated. These risks include, but are certainly not limited to: (1) minor injuries such as scratches, cuts, bruises and strains; and (2) major injuries such as injuries to the eyes, infection, loss of sight, joint injuries, back injuries, heart attacks, concussions, paralysis and even death. Also included in these risks are the same or similar injuries that might result from using training equipment, actual use of a field or training facilities, the acts of others or from the unavailability of emergency staff or emergency medical care (hereinafter we shall define all of these risks and potential injuries as “Risks”). All of these Risks will be present in the activities that you and/or your minor will be participating in at the Northern Region Educational Services Commission, NJ (a/k/a NRESC (the “Activities”). HAVING READ THIS PARAGRAPH and having an appreciation for
and an UNDERSTANDING OF THESE RISKS, you hereby affirm that you and/or your minor’s participation in these activities is voluntary and that you agree on behalf or yourself or your minor to all of the following:
1. ASSUMPTION OF RISK I, on behalf of myself and/or my minor, ASSUME ALL OF THE RISKS THAT MAY OR CAN ARISE OUT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ATHLETIC ACTIVITY ITSELF, USE OF THE EQUIPMENT, FIELD OR FACILITIES, THE ACTS OF OTHERS OR THE UNAVAILABLITY OF EMERGENCY CARE, as well as those Risks described in the preceding paragraph.
2. INDEMNITY/HOLD HARMLESS I, on behalf of myself and/or my minor and/or our heirs, personal representatives and/or assigns, also agree to indemnify and hold the NRESC, as well as their affiliates, trustees, parents, subsidiaries, assigns, partners, attorneys, volunteers, members, employees, other participants, independent contractors, shareholders, officers, directors, and agents or any producers, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, investors, cast members or any other person or entity associated in any way with the ownership, operation or affiliation with recreational facilities and the creation, production or
distribution of the NRESC---related marketing content on any NRESC---owned website, harmless from any and all claims, causes of actions, lawsuits, arbitrations or proceedings as well as from any expenses, judgments, costs, fees, damages, expenses and/or liabilities, including attorneys’ fees incurred in defending or prosecuting any such claims brought against the NRESC as the result of my or my minor’s participation in the Activities. I hereby allow the NRESC to use my or my minor’s image or likeness without current or future compensation for marketing purposes related to the NRESC.