And to my point, when you say “I’m sure it’s” or “it’s probably” that’s precisely the problem. It’s not clear. If it were clear and specific, I’d have no problem signing it. But it’s written as a blanket waiver of everyone involved both in an “official” capacity like being a spotter and in a personal ‘doing whatever’ capacity. It shouldn’t be.
I’m specifically the type of person you wouldn’t have to worry about. I take responsibility for myself, and if I tell somebody to spot me, I assume the risk if they tell me to take a line and I break something. I can’t think of a single realistic scenario in which I would sue an actual club. The people I go off-roading with, I know they’re stand-up people and if one of them was acting dumb and wrecked my truck (or worse), I know they’d take responsibility for it and pay for it, and I’d do the same.
But there are scumbags out there who wouldn’t take that responsibility. There are some that would take an overly broad waiver like this (or more importantly, their insurance company would take a waiver like this) and say “ffxcores clearly waived any right to any legal claim of negligence against me” and they’d be right. Just as the club needs to protect themselves from that, any participant should also have that same protection.