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There is an option to set crowd funder to 0 - that's what I did. Would be great to see support for her from the VSC Forum members.
If Doncaster Belles come under the Club Doncaster umbrella then surety medical insurance should be taken out to cover these types of injuries and surgery. We have women representing the club and they are not covered with medical insurance does not seem right.
Quote from: steve@dcfd on October 14, 2021, 11:50:14 amIf Doncaster Belles come under the Club Doncaster umbrella then surety medical insurance should be taken out to cover these types of injuries and surgery. We have women representing the club and they are not covered with medical insurance does not seem right. Is there medical insurance available for part-time footballers?
Just for some clarity, Sophie suffered this freak injury during a Belles training session.She was informed she would have to wait 80 (Eight-zero) weeks to have the operation done on the NHS.Her consultant told her that if she waited that long, then there would be no chance of her playing football ever again, never mind engage in sport.Hence her decision to go private, where she could be up and running again in 9 months if all goes well (no guarantee of that of course).No idea whether Club Don are financially supporting Sophie in this, so will hold fire on commenting on that.BVB
Doesn’t say whilst playing for (or training with) the Belles:?Nonetheless it’s a terrible injury for her to deal with and I hope she can come back stronger..
Was the injury sustained playing football? if it is not covered by the clubs insurance and as a player the player is covered for injury while playing for the club and in training, surely the club have no responsibility towards the injury as far as compensation is concerned. If the injury requires specialist medical attention beyond the medical staff at the club then the only option is private or NHS attention the funding of the private medical is not the responsibility of the club if the injury was sustained away from the the club.
In that case I would have thought there should be insurance.??
Just done a little insurance research:Under the FA “National Game Insurance Scheme”, it’s compulsory for amateur clubs eg in WFA NFL pyramid /affiliated to local county FA (in our case Sheffield & Hallamshire ) to have:A) public liability cover.B) personal accident cover.So Belles will have this, otherwise they wouldn’t be allowed to compete.Player injuries suffered would come under B) above.FA use BlueFin Sport as their national broker, and is used by County FAs across the country..Having scanned the “Summary of Benefits” (on p4/14) we can maybe work out why Sophie feels the need to raise the money herself to go private, as the lump sum payout for eg. a ruptured knee is £250….Follow the links here to have a look for yourself. I also checked other county FAs and the “benefits” are similar.Sheff&Hallamshire:https://ngis.bluefinsport.co.uk/county-fas/find-my-county-fa/sheffield-and-hallamshire-fa/BlueFinSport summary of benefits p4:https://ngis.bluefinsport.co.uk/media-library/bluefin-sport/pdfs/ngis-microsite/cfa-pa-downloads/0406-0521-ngis-adult-intermediate-and-youth-basic-pa-brochure-2021to22_v1.pdfI have no idea to what extent Club Don may or may not be helping Sophie over and above their insurance responsibilities, so won’t speculate, but like everyone on here I would like to think they are.Hope this helpsBVBFA Quote from: IDM on October 14, 2021, 03:43:16 pmIn that case I would have thought there should be insurance.??
The three most recent comments/donations are interesting on the just giving page !!
God we've got some proper weirdos in our fan base.
Quote from: Janso on October 14, 2021, 07:07:40 pmGod we've got some proper weirdos in our fan base.Have you only just realised lol!
Reset to £1 So She gets £20 and charity £1.I didn't see any bad comments on there.