The duty to plan is paramount to all other duties as an athletic administrator! That should be passed on from you to your coaching staff.
Courts will rarely find that a school and its athletics personnel have acted with reasonable care unless a written plan is in place for fulfilling all of the legal duties to protect student-athletes from harm.
This material comes from an NIAAA Leadership Training Institute Course taught at the Indiana High School Athletic Administrators State Conference.





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