"Then all you need is damages. This doesn't need to be a physical injury. It's possible even without an event a player who regularly used a mask before becomes overwhelmed with fear without it the act of playing the game is emotional or psychologically damaging.
Believe it or not, that's actionable. It's a stretch and would place a huge burden to prove, but I wouldn't open myself up to that liability and cost of defense. Btw, No it would not meet the burden of frivolous so you'd be paying for your defense."
This is exactly what happened to my daughter, with the exception she had already been hit in the face suffering orbital fractures and multiple scars. The University brought in a new coach her sophomore year who did not allow mask's even knowing about her prior injury. The damage that was done mentally by being forced to pitch with out the mask, and the abuse she received by asking to wear the mask was horrible. It took my daughter nearly a year to recover. It also ended her desire to play the game, so she ended her career two years early.
We have spent almost the last year trying to make the University of Toledo, and the MAC conference aware of what went on but sadly we have determined no one cares or they just refuse to go on the record that their coach was out of line with her actions. They did keep her on her athletic scholarship for the fall semester of last year despite not being on the team, why do this if the coach did nothing wrong.
I can go on forever about this disaster, just a horrible ending to a pretty good career.
I wish you luck in this effort, and hope change comes from it.
However based on our experience it seems that no one really cares.
