1. POTENTIAL RISKS: The undersigned understands and acknowledges that participation in athletics and AAU basketball carries an inherent risk of injury, even if great care is exercised. Accordingly, players and their guests may injure themselves while attending or using PME facilities and/or other gyms and facilities while being instructed by PME officials or playing under the PME organization. The use of equipment, facilities and services provided by PME involves risks, such as, but not limited to, risk of property damage, risk of bodily injury and possible death, which might result from the use of equipment or facilities, from the activity/activities undertaken, from the acts of others or from the unavailability or emergency
medical care.
2. ASSUMPTION OF RISK: The undersigned assumes all risks that arise out of the use of facilities or equipment, the activities undertaken themselves, the acts of others or the unavailability of emergency care, including those described in Section 1 above.
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEEDURES: The undersigned acknowledges reading and knowing all of the policies and procedures relating to the activities and facilities and/or equipment and understands that the safe and proper use of the facilities and equipment and participation in the activities is dependent upon carefully following such policies and procedures. Further, the undersigned agrees that if there are any questions or concerns related to how to properly use any equipment involved or related to participation in any activities involved, they will direct questions to the appropriate staff of PME.
4. RELEASE: The undersigned releases PME and agrees not to sue on account of or in conjunction with any claims, causes of action, injuries, damage, cost of expenses arising out of PME activities, including those based on death, bodily injury, property damage or personal property loss or damage whether or not caused by the acts, omissions or faults of parties being released.
5. WAIVER: The undersigned waives the protection afforded by any statue or law in any jurisdiction including California Code #1542 whose purpose and/or effect is to provide that a general release shall not extend to claims, material or not, which the person giving the release does not know about or suspect at the time of executing the release.
6. INDEMNIFY AND DEFEND: The undersigned agrees to indemnify and defend PME and hold them harmless from any or all claims of legal action, damage judgments, costs, including attorney fees, which in any way arise from PME activities or this agreement which include, but are not limited to, a) damages to or destruction of any PME property or any property of others while involved under PME supervised activities, b) injury or death of the undersigned or other teammates or PME affiliated personnel or c) any liability arising from the acts of the undersigned or PME affiliated personnel.
7. PAYMENT FOR PROPERTY DAMAGES: The undersigned agrees to pay for any and all damages to any property caused by the player either negligently, willfully or otherwise.
8. REPRESENTATION: The undersigned enters into this agreement for himself/herself, his/her heirs, assigns and legal representatives. PME AAU Basketball – All Rights Reserved Acknowledgement, Waiver and Release Form
9. EMERGENCY TREATMENT CONSENT: The undersigned, as a participant in PME activities, consents to medical treatment in a medical emergency where the undersigned or player is unable to consent to such treatment.