On a scorching June day in Phoenix, some of Arizona’s best basketball prospects gathered outside the entrance to a high school gym.
They were eager for the state’s first major showcase since the onset of the pandemic, but they had to satisfy safety measures before they could play. Temperature checks and mandatory hand washing for their own protection and something else entirely for the security of the creators of the event.
Organizers required athletes to have a COVID-19 liability waiver signed by themselves and a parent or guardian before entering the gym. Some athletes and parents were so quick to put pen to paper that they didn’t realize they had just waived their right to litigation and assumed all coronavirus-related risk.