During a professional ice hockey game in Ice City, one of the home-team fans threw a mug of beer onto the visiting team’s bench. Initially, the visiting team’s players and coaching staff ignored what had happened. There was no facility/event security in the vicinity of the player benches to monitor the fans or prevent the fans from heckling and/or causing disruptive behavior. A few minutes later, a second home-team fan threw another mug of beer on the visiting team’s players. As this occurred, one of the visiting team’s assistant coaches became enraged, climbed over the partition that separates the players from the crowd, started running up in the crowd, and attempted to reach the fan who threw the beer. The assistant coach reached the fan and started to physically assault him. As this occurred, other fans became involved and started physically assaulting the assistant coach. Event security finally arrived, and then police and emergency personnel arrived after the incident had settled. The fan assaulted by the assistant coach was taken to the hospital with severe cuts and was bleeding out of one ear. The assistant coach sustained a broken nose after being assaulted by multiple fans.

Prepare an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and references pages) that assesses the legal issues related to the incident described. When developing the response, include a description of who may be legally liable for what occurred, the risk management concerns included, and what could have been done to prevent the incident. When considering what could have prevented the incident, consider facilities management, team management, law enforcement, and league-wide in-game practices. Finally, identify the appropriate law for the situation, and describe how the law is specifically applicable to the incident. Use at least five scholarly sources that are suitable for research in an undergraduate level course.

The Final Paper

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library, in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. That is, describe what your response is to the content, either positive or negative, and defend your position. If multiple options, alternatives, and/or positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.