Nicholas Clark SPM 655 Dr. Morris Event Risk Assessment There are some inherit risks that accompany any sporting event. The athletics department has general liability insurance that is utilized to ensure some degree of safety while hosting events within the Broadview Arena. This is a type of transfer of a risk. With the 3v3 tournament participants will sign a liability waiver a part of their check in process. This will address any potential injury sustained to a participant. Covering this issue would be potential slips/trips and falls from walking down the bleachers. Building off this mitigating injury risk the presence of an athletic trainer will be at the event. This allows a trained medical professional to determine the severity of injury and can assist in managing any emergency situation. This helps provide a safer environment, which may help participants feeling safer while playing and confident. Another reducing risk that will be utilized is the wire from the scoring table to the jumbo screen. By placing plastic floor runners it clearly indicates a stepping hazard as well as reduces the chances of tripping and falling on a wire. To prevent dehydration and cramping both programs will provide Gatorade from their storage to participants in water jugs. The teams already have paid for them from their team budget but are left over from the season before. They also have water jugs specifically for their Gatorade so there is no extra cost for the programs to provide hydration stations for the tournament. Another way to reduce potential risks for the programs and UAlbany is to provide an agreement with the Chik-fil-A (sponsor) vendor station. Outlining in the agreement that UAlbany and the basketball programs are not liable for injury sustained by Chik-fil-A employees while at the event. An unlikely possible incident to plan for is a fight / brawl. Sometimes sporting events can get the best of people with heightened emotions for competing for bragging rights and a $50 gift card. To decrease this risk there can be planned coordination for the presence of a UPD officer within the arena for the event. This transfer the risk of the event staff dealing with a violent situation, which would be putting the volunteer workers at risk for injury/trauma, onto the law enforcement officer present who could immediately intervene or call in for back up if needed. Prior proper training will also be implemented for this event. By training the staff members, it allows them to perform their jobs with more confidence, since these are their peers on campus. This also allows them to know the roles and who to delegate issues or concerns with. Each person can know which way to get participants off the court or out of the building in the event of an emergency.
