This just popped into my head today and I was curious. Certainly tons of actions that are business as usual in sports would be considered assault in different contexts. What prevents players from suing eachother for injuries and stuff? Curious about both professional levels and recreational/amateur levels, if they’re different.
Also, is there a line where actions outside of the rules (cheap shots, etc.) could be considered assault or something else?
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If you are playing the game, you are agreeing to whatever forms of contact are allowed by the game – tackling in football, checking and fighting in hockey, etc. Anyone going past what is allowed by the rules is punished in game (penalties) or afterwards by the league (fines, suspensions).
In rare cases, if the violence is egregious enough, there can be consequences outside the framework of the game, such as for [Todd Bertuzzi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bertuzzi%E2%80%93Steve_Moore_incident).
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