PERMISSION AND RELEASE
WAIVER AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED BY ALL PARTICIPANTS
Participant,
the undersigned, voluntarily and expressly assumes all risk and danger of
personal loss, illness, or injury (including, without limitation, permanent
disability and death) arising from or relating in any way to participating in
any activities relating to the Detroit Pistons Basketball Company (“DPBC”),
Palace Sports & Entertainment, LLC (“PSE”), DPGL, LLC d/b/a Motor City
Cruise (“MCC”), Pistons GT, LLC (“PGT”), Wayne State University (“WSU”), and/or
Olympia Entertainment, Inc., Olympia Entertainment Events Center, LLC, Ilitch
Holdings, Inc., and Olympia Development of Michigan, LLC (Collectively
“Olympia”) howsoever caused or arising and whether by negligence or otherwise (the
“Participation”). Participant understands that there are potential risks of
which Participant may not be presently aware. Participant agrees to fully
comply with any applicable rules, policies, regulations, laws, Participation
instruction and Participation facility rules and safety guidelines. Participant
agrees that PSE, DPBC, MCC, PGT, Olympia,
WSU and their respective affiliates at Little Caesars Arena (“LCA”), Henry Ford
Health System, Pistons Performance Center (“PPC”), Wayne State Fieldhouse (“Fieldhouse”),
the National Basketball Association (“NBA”), NBA G League, Henry Ford Health
System (“HFHS”), and their respective owners, shareholders, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, employees, sponsors, and agents (collectively, “Pistons Parties”)
shall not be liable for any loss, damage, illness, or injury, including death,
to any person or property that may result directly or indirectly from Participation.
The Pistons Parties have taken preventative measures to
reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable disease during the
Participation. However, Participant understands the extremely contagious nature
of COVID-19, though to spread from person-to-person contact, and Participant
acknowledges that partaking in group activities increases the risk of
contracting COVID-19 and other communicable disease. Participant acknowledges
that Pistons Parties cannot guarantee that Participant will not become infected
or ill with any communicable disease. Participant has made all necessary
parties, including but not limited to Pistons
Parties and host facility staff, aware of
any and all medical conditions that may lead to a medical emergency or affect their
treatment in the event of a medical emergency. Participant agrees that he or
she will not participate in any activity if Participant has a fever or any
other overt symptoms of COVID-19. Participant gives consent to the instructors,
coaches, and host facility staff to administer first aid if necessary.
If Participation takes place at LCA, PPC, the Fieldhouse,
or any off-site event hosted by the Pistons parties, Participant shall not have
any right to bring, shall not bring, or cause or allow to be brought, any
materials or props that may damage the basketball court or require clean-up,
including but not limited to powders, glitters, liquids, heeled or dark soled
shoes, and sharp or metal objects.
Participant grants full permission to the Pistons Parties
(and their respective licensees, sponsors and designees), by any means, whether
now known or hereinafter developed, to exhibit, record, reproduce, broadcast,
transmit, publish, sell, distribute, perform, use and re-use, and to license
others to exhibit, record, reproduce, broadcast, transmit, publish, sell,
distribute, perform, use and re-use, for any purpose, in any manner, without
further notification, authorization or compensation to Participant or anyone on
its behalf, Participant’s name, nickname, voice, biographical information,
photograph, and/or other likeness, however captured, and any photographs, videotapes,
motion pictures, recordings, or other record of the Participation (or any part
or parts of the Participation) in any and all media, whether now known or
hereafter developed, worldwide and in perpetuity, and Participant represents
and warrants that no further permission is required for the Pistons Parties to
use the Participation as provided herein.
Participant
hereby releases, waives, discharges and covenants not to sue Pistons Parties from
all liability to the undersigned for any and all loss, liability, damage, or
cost and any and all claims or demands therefore on account of injury to the
person or property of the undersigned, including death or illness, whether
caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the Pistons Parties or
otherwise, due to Participation. Participant further agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Pistons
Parties and their insurers from and against any and all damages, costs,
judgments, and/or expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and
other legal fees) they may incur as a result of claims made against them
arising out of the Participation or any breach of this Permission and Release
(including but not limited to breach of any representation or warranty
contained herein).
The
Participant further expressly agrees that the foregoing release is intended to
be as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the law of the State of Michigan
and that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance
shall, notwithstanding, continue in full force and effect.
THE
UNDERSIGNED HAS READ AND VOLUNTARILY SIGNS THIS RELEASE and further agrees that
no oral representation, statement, or inducement apart from the foregoing
written agreement have been made.
This
Permission and Release specifically embraces each and every event sanctioned,
authorized or promoted by the Pistons Parties at any time and applies to each
and every event or activity hereinabove mentioned, and has the same effect as
if executed before each and every activity or event in which the Participant
participates. This Permission and Release shall be governed under Michigan law.