We found more sports bubbles that have collapsed. One concern was that some of the dates of the collapses go back quite some time and we wondered if wed be able to detect improvements or significant changes in newer bubbles. We could not. In researching the bubble manufacturers, there were a fair number of manufacturers, but it’s not like looking for a contractor in your local phone book where you are inundated with choices.
Here’s a list of additional sports bubble collapses. This time, however, we are not going to detail the causes of the failures as it is less important than the fact that these sports bubbles did collapse. Here’s the latest find:
• Generations Sports Complex, Muncy, PA Feb 2011 and 2007
• Robert Moses University Sports Dome, Neville Island, PA June 2012
• Brookhaven Tennis Club, Jackson Township, OH Feb 2014
• Sports World, East Winsor, CT July 2013
• Giants Practice Facility, East Rutherford, NJ 2007 and 2003
• Rutgers Practice Bubble, Piscataway, NJ March 2010 and 2003
• Cheshire Pool Bubble, Cheshire, CT Feb 2013
• Boston College, Boston, MA Feb 2013 and Match 2010
• Star Hill Family Athletic Center, Tolland, CT Feb 2013
• Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire Feb 2013 and 2008
• Prospect Park Tennis Bubble, Brooklyn, NY Dec 2010
• Randall's Island Sportime, Dec 2010
• Boerum Hill Gym, Brooklyn, NY January 2011
• Hanover Park Tennis Bubble, Illinois June 2012
We also discovered some interesting information while researching this story. That is of the warranty parameters for the sports bubble. This is an excerpt of the warranty from a company that will remain unnamed. We’ve italicized and made bold what we thought was eye-opening:
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY CONSTITUTES BUYER’S SOLE REMEDY. IT IS GIVEN IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER THE THEORY BE BREACH OF THIS OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. Labor or service costs, refrigerant losses, the physical or chemical effect on the goods from improper storage, weather, foreign substances, mold, mildew, or chemicals in air, water or steam, including costs for removing or installing parts, and any shipping charges, are expressly excluded from this limited warranty.
It appears that once an entity purchases the bubble, the manufacturer walks away free and clear from the sale and the onus of safety is incumbent upon the owner/operator. Since GameOn 365 has already had one of their smaller sports bubbles collapse, ABG wonders what the safety considerations will be for the sports bubble they wish to install on Dobbs Ferry Road? Their latest example of who would use the sports bubble on Dobbs Ferry Road was the football team from Woodlands High School. They never discussed the added travel expense for the student, school district or taxpayer for their busing to and from the bubble. What parent wants to get that phone call, even for their big and tough football player sons that the bubble they were practicing in collapsed? Certainly no parent should ever receive that phone call. But, despite the soon to be released statements from GameOn 365 and Mr Feiner stating that sports bubbles are safe, we feel less confident now than we ever had before about their safety.
Watch for carefully crafted press releases in the mainstream media, the daily and weekly newspapers and the online venues that simply reprint Mr Feiner’s press releases without any challenges to what he says. Watch for GameOn 365 to do the same thing. Watch for additional “carrots” that are offered to the community to make this significant safety issue go away. As they double-team the conventional press to espouse sports bubble safety and precautions, try to imagine yourself in those parent’s shoes who received a phone call that the bubble they were led to believe was safe just collapsed and their child was in it. Hopefully, no parent will have to go through this hellish scenario. Hopefully, Greenburgh parents will say no to the bubble. Hopefully, we’ll have A Better Greenburgh without any sports bubbles.
We also discovered some interesting information while researching this story. That is of the warranty parameters for the sports bubble. This is an excerpt of the warranty from a company that will remain unnamed. We’ve italicized and made bold what we thought was eye-opening:
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY CONSTITUTES BUYER’S SOLE REMEDY. IT IS GIVEN IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER THE THEORY BE BREACH OF THIS OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. Labor or service costs, refrigerant losses, the physical or chemical effect on the goods from improper storage, weather, foreign substances, mold, mildew, or chemicals in air, water or steam, including costs for removing or installing parts, and any shipping charges, are expressly excluded from this limited warranty.
It appears that once an entity purchases the bubble, the manufacturer walks away free and clear from the sale and the onus of safety is incumbent upon the owner/operator. Since GameOn 365 has already had one of their smaller sports bubbles collapse, ABG wonders what the safety considerations will be for the sports bubble they wish to install on Dobbs Ferry Road? Their latest example of who would use the sports bubble on Dobbs Ferry Road was the football team from Woodlands High School. They never discussed the added travel expense for the student, school district or taxpayer for their busing to and from the bubble. What parent wants to get that phone call, even for their big and tough football player sons that the bubble they were practicing in collapsed? Certainly no parent should ever receive that phone call. But, despite the soon to be released statements from GameOn 365 and Mr Feiner stating that sports bubbles are safe, we feel less confident now than we ever had before about their safety.
Watch for carefully crafted press releases in the mainstream media, the daily and weekly newspapers and the online venues that simply reprint Mr Feiner’s press releases without any challenges to what he says. Watch for GameOn 365 to do the same thing. Watch for additional “carrots” that are offered to the community to make this significant safety issue go away. As they double-team the conventional press to espouse sports bubble safety and precautions, try to imagine yourself in those parent’s shoes who received a phone call that the bubble they were led to believe was safe just collapsed and their child was in it. Hopefully, no parent will have to go through this hellish scenario. Hopefully, Greenburgh parents will say no to the bubble. Hopefully, we’ll have A Better Greenburgh without any sports bubbles.
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