Athletic Consent and Release from Liability Certificate
Office of Schools: All Broward Conference and All Catholic Conference
A. I/we hereby give consent for our child/ward to participate in the interscholastic sports listed above.
B. I/we am aware of the potential danger of concussions and/or head and neck injuries in athletic participation. I also have knowledge about the risks associated with heat related illness during athletic participation and have received information as to the risk of continuing to practice or play once a concussion or head injury is sustained without proper medical clearance.
C. I/we know of and acknowledge that my child/ward knows of the risks involved in athletic participation, understands that serious injury, and even death, is possible in such participation and choose to accept any and all responsibility for his/her safety and welfare while participating in athletics. With full understanding of the risks involved, I/we release and hold harmless my child’s/ward’s school, the school against which it competes, the contest officials and coaches, and the Archdiocese of Miami including all of its affiliated entities and agents of any and all legal responsibility and liability for any injury or claim resulting from such athletic participation and agree to take no legal action against my child’s/ward’s school, the schools against which it competes, the contest officials and coaches and the Archdiocese of Miami because of any claim, costs, or cause of action arising in any way from the athletic participation of my child/ward. I further authorize emergency medical treatment for my child/ward should the need arise for such treatment while my child/ward is under the supervision of the school.