Insurance scheme is being provided by Bluefin Sport
The Football Association (FA) has been forced to set up an insurance scheme for amateur players who might be sued over bad tackles.
From next season, all 11-a-side teams across England will have to pay up to £82 a year in cover as part of the National Game Insurance Scheme (NGIS).
The move has been blamed on the compensation culture, following cases of players trying to take legal action against opposing players or the opposing team.
The FA has appointed Bluefin Sport to deliver the scheme, which offers liability and personal accident protection for clubs, players, volunteers, leagues and match officials.
The FA’s senior national game support manager Laurence Jones said: “I am delighted with the launch of the National Game Insurance Scheme, which goes a considerable way towards improving the insurance available to grassroots football. This is, however, only the start of a long journey, as we look to educate participants and take the project into its next phase.”
Bluefin Sport managing director Steve McGuinness said: “We are confident that [the NGIS] offers those at the grassroots level an easy way to ensure they have the protection they need at an affordable price, leaving them able to focus on the most important thing – their game.”
Rugby has had a similar personal accident scheme in place for several years.
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