Journal article
Legal and Risk Management Considerations and Implications of Carelessly Drafted Game Contracts: Avoiding a Legal Hurricane
Journal of legal aspects of sport, v 32(1), pp 95-120
25 Feb 2022
Abstract
Weather plays a crucial role in sport event management. Ignoring predicted weather conditions or not effectively communicating them may lead to unanticipated legal, financial, environmental, and social impacts. In 2018, the University of Akron and University of Nebraska football teams were forced to cancel their contest after severe lightning and rainstorms caused significant delays, thus creating a ripple effect that produced other potential risk management issues. This article examines the legal and risk management considerations of this situation, including the possible implications of a carelessly drafted game contract as well as potential strategies to mitigate legal exposure. The authors evaluated the potential application of contract ambiguity as well as contract impracticability and contract impossibility. To mitigate such issues from reoccurring, the authors suggest utilizing an enterprise risk management planning approach to create procedures as part of mitigating the risk of inclement weather in collegiate athletics event management.
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- Title
- Legal and Risk Management Considerations and Implications of Carelessly Drafted Game Contracts: Avoiding a Legal Hurricane
- Creators
- Jeffrey LevineJohn Miller
- Publication Details
- Journal of legal aspects of sport, v 32(1), pp 95-120
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sport Management (Center for Sport Management)
- Other Identifier
- 991021881511304721