[B]Tourny ref broke my teamates leg[/B]

[.68bruise]

I have been holding on to this for few weeks now.
I played in a rookie 5 man tournament at a maryland field a few weeks ago. The rules were nppl and all rookie teams had to be complete novices with no prior tournament experience. One of our teammates could not make it so we just picked up a walk on who had little pball experience. During our second game his gun broke so he set it down and ran for the flag. I think the rule is that moving six feet from your gun eliminates you but being new to the sport he wasn't aware. He was almost at the flag when a ref tackled him and broke his ankle!
What do you guys think about this?

[WingMan13]

Why the hell would the reff tackle him!?

[Glickman]

as long as your friend was going after a flag, and not trying to hurt someone else, thats battery.

sure as hell press charges, do it before the statue of limitations, why would you wait? if you do persue, then that looks worse, should file withen 24 hours unless not physically able.

[shartley]

[professor_chaos]

What he said ^^^^^ That's just crazy.

[.68bruise]

I did not actually see it happen. Paul, who's ankle was broken, said he was tackled. The owner of the field said that the ref mistakenly collided with Paul while trying to remove his armband.
As far as legal action goes that is up to Paul.

[Glickman]

in all seriousness, he better be suing...

as far as i know legally, refs arent police officers, its not their legal job to prevent people from injury, therefor tackling someone because hes gonna hit someone is battery, but this is just stupid.

dont let this idiot of a ref think what he did was right, shove a cochran up his ***

[Miscue]

Get him!

[nameless143]

shove a cochran up his ***

Dude, Cochran died..

[.68bruise]

Why the hell would the reff tackle him!?

I guss to keep him from getting points for the pull.

[mag88888]

wow! i hav never heard of something like this. make sure you have the true story though. if it happend as posted then id be pressing charges or atleast something. talk to more witnesses. tell us what happened for sure. more details........

[Lohman446]

The rules on physical contact are explicit in paintball... there is none and that goes both ways. Refs may get some leniency if trying to stop something like an assault...

That being said its a matter of if it was intentional (as one side states) or accidental (as the field owner states). Either way it was an action of his ref, and I beleive someone should be held accountable for it - at least for civil issues (doctor bills)

[.68bruise]

wow! i hav never heard of something like this. make sure you have the true story though. if it happend as posted then id be pressing charges or atleast something. talk to more witnesses. tell us what happened for sure. more details........

The whole thing is messed up. We had just meet this guy, played in one full game and a few minutes of the 2nd when this happened. The game played on while he rolled around in pain on the 50. We ended up winning and he was carried off the field and went to the hospital. Our capt. got his phone number but i think he lost it. I will be playing at the field tommorow and see what I can find out.

[Duzzy]

This situation just plain stinks.

If he sues, whether right or wrong it will hurt the feild, and that is never a good thing from a player perspective.

If the ref intentionally tackled him then the ref should be held responsible.

If it was an accident, then maybe the ref should help pay, but by playing paintball you take certain risks. Hurting yourself is one of these risks.

Now what I am worried is that the whole thing was an accident, but the other player doesn't want to admit it. By blaming the ref not only can he avoid all responsibility but he doesn't look like an idiot either.

I don't know the guy, I won't judge him. But in current day America the last scenario is the one I think is most likely.

Either way, be careful, and do the right thing.

[Glickman]

This situation just plain stinks.

If he sues, whether right or wrong it will hurt the feild, and that is never a good thing from a player perspective.
If the ref intentionally tackled him then the ref should be held responsible.
If it was an accident, then maybe the ref should help pay, but by playing paintball you take certain risks. Hurting yourself is one of these risks.
Now what I am worried is that the whole thing was an accident, but the other player doesn't want to admit it. By blaming the ref not only can he avoid all responsibility but he doesn't look like an idiot either.
I don't know the guy, I won't judge him. But in current day America the last scenario is the one I think is most likely.
Either way, be careful, and do the right thing.

im really starting to hate this mindset... afraid of hurting "paintball" by suing a field? please. thats all we need, player deaths and injuries due to a poor field administration. im not saying that it was the fields fault, but they SHOULD take responsibility as well as the ref.

If a worker at a gas station creates a fire, yes, hell be in trouble, but so will the company.

It SHOULD hurt the field. they are the ones who hired him.

one of the risks you assume by playing paintball is getting hit with a paintball, or even getting shot in the eye, blinding you, not getting senslessly tackled by a degenerate ref