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Playing sports isn’t just a hobby, for many, it’s a way of life. Weekends and free time spent building up your skills, playing for your local team, cheering for your kids from the side-lines and enjoying every moment. Although, much like following elite teams, sports are filled with ups and downs, from the dizzying heights of winning your league, or smashing your personal best, to failing to hit the mark and of course, suffering with an injury. Did you know that in some circumstances you can claim compensation after a sports injury? If you think your circumstance may be viable,
Are Sports Going Online Permanently?
This is definitely a weird year for those of us who have anything whatsoever to do with professional sports. Even for an athlete to train properly in 2020 has been an immense challenge. We’re all scrambling to find our way in this not-so-brave new world. And our brains are filling with compelling questions. These are questions that don’t go away easily, nor do they have any easy answers. We know, for example, that going to a casino site has never been more popular, and that’s not a surprise, really. Also, e-sports and virtual sports seem to be doing better than
When Can We Expect Professional Sport In The US To Return?
The COVID-19 crisis has ravaged the global sporting calendar. By mid-March, almost all competitions were cancelled or postponed as the pandemic swept from country to country, in what has been the biggest disruption to sport since World War Two. However, as more governments get a handle on the virus and transmission rates drop, we’re slowly starting to see sport resume—albeit without crowds to prevent mass gatherings. In South Korea—a country which has been widely heralded for its outstanding coronavirus response— sports including baseball, soccer and golf are back underway, while countries like Germany, Romania and Taiwan have also got live
CBD's Affect On An Athlete's Performance
The big question: Does CBD really have the potential to improve an athlete’s performance? Sites such as TheCBDGuru.org have been talking about this for a while now, and The Sports Economist has also gotten interested in this. This issue is still a bit controversial, even in 2020. We are going to take a look at our best empirical data in this article. And we are going to try to come to the most accurate conclusion possible given our current tools. In short, the answer is, as far as we can best see it, is that CBD doesn’t directly affect performance,
The Cost of COVID-19 to Pro Sports in the USA
Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. Photo by: Keith Allison (Flickr). A $100 billion a year industry, professional sports is just one of many businesses in the United States that is feeling the economic crunch of the COVID-19 outbreak. Industry analysts are estimating that across the board, pro sports will lose approximately $12 billion due to the many shutdowns caused by the coronavirus. Those numbers will grow exponentially higher if the NFL and NCAA football seasons are also impacted by the virus. A full NFL season played without fans in the stands could cost the league as
3 Big Soccer Transfers We’re Predicting To Happen In Spite Of COVID-19
With the leagues halted and crowds dispersed, our soccer itch can only be scratched by one thing: transfer talk. Some would argue coronavirus has left teams too reserved to splash the cash. But some players are just too talented to miss out on. Here are three major transfers about to happen, in spite of Covid-19. Timo Werner With Bundesliga resuming amidst the pandemic, it’s clear Timo Werner’s final days at RB Leipzig will be behind closed doors. The 24-year-old German international is a consummate goal-getter with lightning-quick pace: scoring 88 goals in 123 appearances. And his surprisingly low £52 million
Why Catamarans are Best
Yacht charters have gained popularity among the holidaymakers recently and they are choosing the catamarans for the purpose. The catamaran type of yacht is perfect for charter vacation, especially when traveling with a group of friends, family, and children. It is the most comfortable and easy-going cruise option for you. Summers are the best time for chartering a yacht and catamarans can play a major role in your next summer yacht chartering trip. In this article, you will read about some advantages of chartering a catamaran. Comfort and Stability The main reason for choosing catamarans for yacht charters is that
What to do if you’ve been injured in a sporting accident
As you might expect, sports injury claims are common. Whether your chosen sport involves a ball, a puck, fast cars on a track or padded gloves in a ring, over the course of your affiliation with the game, there is a chance that you will become injured in one way or another. The major concern for most people when deciding whether to begin a claim for personal injury compensation following a sporting accident is the concern that revolves around who will be liable to pay. If, for example, you have been injured in a sporting injury at a small local
4 Best SEO Marketing Tools to Use in 2020
We may be well into 2020, but it is never too late to make a change to your current marketing plan. With the right SEO tools to monitor your websites, you can easily find ways to improve your SEO by seeing what is working and what isn’t. We got you covered with these must use 4 SEO tools. Free Options A free option that we highly recommend to analyze your website is Google’s Webmaster Tools. This tool helps interpret how Google views and ranks your website, giving you the resources to explain all of Google’s madness. One of the
Playing Injured Players
Before the St. Louis-Houston series, Dick Cantrell, a colleague and long-time baseball follower predicted that St. Louis was in trouble. He gave 3 or 4 concrete reasons, one of which centered on Larry Walker’s poor health. In spite of Walker’s neck problem, LaRussa inserted him in the lineup to which Walker responded with 3 hits in 28 AB, 1 double, and a pitcher-like OPS of 421. Phil Garner played injury-impaired Jeff Bagwell much less than Walker but still played him. Bagwell hit 182 in 11 ABs with an OPS of 490. These are not isolated incidents. Managers and head coaches
Arbitration in Burress' Future
In a case that somewhat reminded me of the Terrell Owens case in 2005, Plaxico Burress has been suspended by the NFL’s NY Giants for, among other things, harming his human capital. The New York Giants have refused to pay suspended receiver Plaxico Burress a $1 million portion of a signing bonus from a contract signed in September. Burress has been put on the reserve-non football injury list, making him ineligible to play the final four games of the season and the playoffs. The Giants also suspended him and fined him an extra week’s salary for conduct detrimental to the
Racing & breeding 101
Sadly, Big Brown be retired from racing before the end of 2008. The reason is simple: he can generate far more revenue at significantly lower cost by performing stallion duties, as Alex Brown explains: Based on Smarty Jones’s [ed: another early retiree] numbers of 2006, each year Big Brown will earn $100,000 x 112, $11.2 million. … From an investment standpoint — and Big Brown’s owners are investors — to keep Big Brown in racing beyond his 3-year-old career, he would need to earn more than $11.2 million a year plus the additional costs of insurance as a racehorse versus