[rusty JEDI]

They can be a major hassle.

In Vancouver (note:not as close as sue happy as the U.S.) a highschool football player got his mom to sign the form saying he could play. He broke one of his vertebrae and was partially paralyzed. So, the father sued the school because he never signed it.

In a sports and rec. legalities class we also learned that it doesnt really matter if you get parental consent or not because a parent can not sign over the childs rights, and the child is not of age to make such a decision anyways.

The other interesting thing was that most consent forms are too long so they get thrown out based on nobody would ever read the whole thing before signing anyways.

rJ