The
league recommended insurance policy did not protect Ossett from damages or
legal fees for the claimant should this case be lost, which it was, now leaving
them with a £135,000 court order.
Not
only does this put the entire club and the future of football in the town in
jeopardy but also opens up the floodgates for all injured sports participants
to successfully sue and win substantial money from the person who injured them
and their club.
This
can then filter down to recreational sport like 5-a-side football where an
individual can sue an opponent should they receive an injury during a game.
This
will change not only football but sports participation throughout the country
at every level.
Can
you afford to pay a player injured at your club £135,000, because Ossett
cannot.
Ossett
United were formed in July 2018 following the merger of Ossett Town and Ossett
Albion to help bring together and hopefully strengthen football in the Town.
The
club now play at Ingfield, the former home of Ossett Town Football Club, where
the decision to sell the only asset, the ground, is now looking like the only
option.
Chairman
Phil Smith told https://www.ossettutd.com:
“I have had other chairman throughout the league making contact and raising
their own concerns. They are worried that immeasurable amounts of claims can
now be raised from previous incidents at their club resulting in them actually
losing their football club, it’s quite a scary situation we are all now in. I
urge all sports clubs to check their insurance policies immediately, however,
that will only protect future events, not the ones in the past like the one
that now threatens our club.”
As
a club Ossett United are consulting as a Board with their trusted advisors and
their landlords, Ossett Town, as to the options that lay ahead of them with the
looming option of selling the ground currently being the talk of the town.
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