As used in § 39-17-1103, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Sports contest' means any professional or amateur sport, athletic game, contest, or race involving machines, persons or animals, viewed by the public, or for which admission is charged;(2) 'Sports official' means any person who acts or expects to act in a sports contest as an umpire, referee or judge, or otherwise to officiate at a sports contest; and(3) 'Sports participant' means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contest or team.Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
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