There are numerous sporting activities existing globally. Interestingly, some of them have stringent regulations that govern their execution. On a critical reflection, some sports are quite dangerous and involve massive risks taken by participants. These include cricket, hockey, and skiing among others (Corkery 2011). The chances of getting injured are quite high. Surprisingly, the participants and lovers of such sports hardly fear the risks involved despite the condemnation from some activists. While reflecting on this issue as well as the current sport law reforms reported by IPP regarding these activities, it is agreeable that the modern sport law reforms have gone too far by bestowing the responsibility of injuries arising in sporting on the injured people. It is improper to consider injuries occurring in the sporting events as deliberate. Most of the sport injuries are accidental and might be caused either by an opponent, conditions of the field, high risks in the games involved, and at some points, furious spectators.
Evidently, there are numerous injuries that occur during sporting or recreational activities. All these injuries cannot be claimed on the injured individuals. In some circumstances, a sports person can injure his or her opponent deliberately to prevent him or her from winning. These are accusable incidences before a court of law or any sport tribunal set to solve such matters and establish appropriate penalties (Siekmann & Soek 2012). Additionally, injuries that occur during risky sporting activities like skiing mentioned above should not be blamed on the participants as proposed by the law. For example, while scrutinizing the previous cases regarding sport injuries, it is evident that a resolution can be reached in case a sports person is injured during games regardless of the type.
Critically, blaming injuries on the concerned players is inappropriate. Hence, this law requires a massive reformation since its stipulations are not consumable in the sporting arenas. Instead of inducing and ratifying justice, the law thwarts everything and leaves the injured individuals on their own devices. There are insurers, bodies, or organizations, which compensate individuals who are injured during sporting activities (Corkery 2011). Surprisingly, when the law reform declares such injuries baseless and announces them as responsibilities of injured people, it is quite improper in varying contexts. For example, the case provided in this matter is clear on some stipulation of sporting and declares some compensation to be done to the injured individuals.
Actually, the modern sport-law reform has taken the issue too far as indicated before. There should be a coherent understanding on the matter before it is declared consumable by the public. Evidently, this modern law acts and operates as if the injuries that occur during sporting are due to carelessness of the sporting individuals (Siekmann & Soek 2012). This is an improper assumption that the law seemed to have made. Additionally, there are fundamental legal issues that arise when serious injuries happen in sports. These should be observed cautiously as demanded by the law in such circumstances. Since the modern reforms regard such injuries as the responsibility of the injured parties, it becomes very challenging for people to seek for their legal rights with regard to such matters. The cases provided illustrate this provision with precision. On critical reflection, it is recognizable that sport injuries are unavoidable eventualities, which should be accepted as they come. Conclusively, it is imperative to assert that the recent IPP report on modern sport law reform has gone too far in its entire contexts.
Reference List
Corkery, J 2011, Dangerous Sports and Obvious Risks – Anyone For Cricket?, Bond University, Sydney.
Siekmann, R. & Soek, J 2012, Lex sportiva: what is sports law?, Asser Press, The Hague.