Discuss the below:
Risk Management Analysis
Choose a sport related location (athletic facility, fitness center, playground, park, or other sport / recreation-based facility) to conduct your risk survey. Inspect the area(s) and find two potential risks/hazards. Assuming you are the on-site manager, fill out the form below using your knowledge of legal concepts and the risk management process. Take at least two electronic photographs of each potential hazard/risk and submit them with your case analysis
Risk Survey Location
I. FIRST HAZARD
A. Risk Identification
1. Describe the hazard:
2. Describe the type of injury that could result:
3. Describe the type of lawsuit that could result:
4. What specifically could be utilized to help establish the standard of care in such a case?
B. Risk Classification:
5. How severe could this potential injury be? (1=minor; 5=very serious) 1 2 3 4 5
6. How often could this potential injury occur? (1=rarely; 5=often) 1 2 3 4 5
7. Give your evaluation of the total risk: _______ Low _______ Moderate _______ High
C. Risk Treatment:
8. What would you do to reduce the risk associated with the hazard?
9. What other options could you choose?
D. Risk Management Implementation / Evaluation:
10. What would you do to see that your risk reduction plan is accomplished?
11. What will you do to ensure that the problem remains fixed and / or that new problems are not created?
E. Cost Analysis:
Potential Cost of Lawsuits / Legal Action $ Cost to Fix the Problem $
Rule Analysis
• Find a controversial rule or policy of a sport organization / league / or team
• Analyze the rule (Use Case Study Model)
- analysis of underlying issue(s) / concepts
o who is the organization that created the rule?
o definition / explanation of key concepts / "what is the rule?"
o background of the issue/ "REAL" problem / "why / when / where was rule created?"
- decision objective / what was the organization trying to accomplish / central question the rule is addressing
- information to support and refute argument / gather all pertinent information
o depth
o breadth / fairness / point of view
o clarity
o accuracy
o types of data
beware of opinions vs. facts
awareness of your own assumptions / point of view versus others
- structure / flow / logic
o identify hurdles
o think of alternatives
- narrow your options / examining the pros & cons of each
• What is the sanctioning process for a rule violation / appeals process?
o how is rule enforced?
o what happens if the rule is breached?
o how is fairness maintained in the process?
• What conclusion / inference did you come to?
• Make a decision / Evaluate your decision
o how / why would you change the rule?
o what are the implications of your rule change?
• Written Paper Format
o Should be done in business memo format as if you are suggesting a change in the rules
o 11 or 12 point font; Times New Roman or Arial font; 1" margins all around; 2 double spaced
o use of headings / transitions
o format of paper / visually appealing
• Grammar (spelling, punctuation, etc.)
- flawless (6); excellent (5); good (4); average / fair (2/3); poor (1); incoherent (0)
• APA Citation / Bibliography (
o proper citation method (APA format)
o used throughout the paper