Specialist sports team insurance can cover two eventualities. If the sportsman is injured for a period of time, insurance can cover loss of earnings after a waiting period. In some cases, injuries can be career ending and in this instance, sports team insurance can provide a lump sum to help compensate for a shattered career.

To see how fragile a career can be you only have to look at the case of Joe Theismann. Theismann was a legendary quarterback with the Washington Redskins in the NFL. He had enjoyed a successful 11 year career with the Redskins after a spell in Canadian Football and he guided the club to a successful season in Superbowl XVII. 

In November 1985, Theismann took to the field against the New York Giants. During the game he was sacked by two linebackers during a live Monday night encounter. Joe Theismann suffered a horrific broken leg in the incident and in a moment, a successful career was over. Those who witnessed the break will never forget the sickening sight of the player’s leg snapping under the weight of the tackle.

Without adequate sports team cover, both Theismann and the Washington Redskins would have been hit financially – Theismann for his loss of earnings and the club for the loss of a star player. In these instances, sports insurance is absolutely vital to cover any potential loss of income.

Although he was never to play football again, Theismann was able to carve out a successful media career and he is now one of the most respected broadcasters in the game.

Sadly other sportsmen aren’t quite so lucky: Without a lucrative media career to act as a safety net, college sportsmen are left to struggle when their career is ended. Lower profile professional sportsmen can also be hit financially if injury comes and finishes their days as a player.

In both cases, sports team cover plays a vital part in helping the player to resurrect their life. Adequate financial compensation can make up for the lost years as a player and cushion them as they rebuild.

Whether you’re an established professional like Joe Theismann, or if you’re just starting out on your path to glory, sports insurance is a vital piece of equipment that just can’t be overlooked.

Thurman Munson

Dave considers himself an Accidental Artist. He doesn’t use a strict outline or have a definite idea as to how the painting should look once completed. He builds upon every stroke and finds himself entertained, pleasantly surprised – more often frustrated — as the painting moves along. Sometimes it’s two steps forward and one step back, but he keeps trudging forward until he finds himself going down a path that works. 

If you watch his transitional videos on his YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/dclogger, you’ll see his sketches never match up with the end result. His Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio Gold are great examples. DiMaggio started out as Tom Seaver and Sinatra as Mickey Mantle. “Sometimes the brush has a different idea as to how things should go,” as Dave puts it. He comes away with something cooler than he could ever have come up with on his own.

His work is truly unbelievable. Take a look at some of his other pieces.

Bucky Dent

Lou Gehrig

Babe Ruth

Here are a few pieces that New York sports fans will recognize from recent history.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Jets' WRs flying high after beating the Patriots in the playoffs

Carmelo Anthony

Remarkable. How can you pick just one favorite? I had a hard time choosing which pieces to include in this post because there are so many incredible ones. Isn’t that Carmelo Anthony piece amazing?

Dave has plenty of more pieces and a wide array of work on his website. To see more, go to his website – http://www.SportsPainter.com – and follow him on Twitter — @sportspainter.

Sports are not only alive and well in New York City, but they are thriving. Residents of the five boroughs and surrounding areas are lucky enough to have so many local teams and sporting events right in their backyard. Tickets for games and events aren’t always easy to find and are rarely cheap, but everyone should experience a sporting event in New York.

The revival of the Knicks has made it hard to purchase tickets. Tickets to see the new-look Knicks are at high demand. The addition of superstar Amar’e Stoudemire has the words “the Knicks are back” on the tip of the tongues of New York basketball fans. The mid-season acquisition of Carmelo Anthony has New York buzzing. New York City is a basketball town and there is nothing better than when the Knicks are doing well. Madison Square Garden hasn’t been lit up like it has at times this year for quite a while. It is a true revival for a franchise that fell on some dark times over the last decade. 

New York’s two baseball teams, the Yankees and Mets, both opened up brand new parks in 2009. The Yankees, with its storied and gloried history, christened its new building with a World Series Championship. But ticket prices for both teams, especially in sections surrounding the infield, are sky-high. The good thing is, however, that if you want to get into either stadium, the new Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, for the experience and don’t mind where you sit or against whom the team plays, you can still get tickets for under $20 each directly from Ticketmaster or the team’s official website.

My tip is to buy Yankees or Mets printable tickets from secondary ticket markets, such as StubHub, on the day of the game. With Major League Baseball teams having 81 home games each, the most number of home games among the four major sports, unsold tickets are usually marked down quite a bit on the day of the game due to the seller wanting to get any amount of money for the tickets rather than seeing them go to waste for nothing in return. For instance, I followed the price of tickets in the bleachers for a Yankee-Red Sox game in 2009 and saw the ticket price drop to half the initial asking price on the day of the game. The tickets were still over face value, but not nearly as much as they were weeks before the event. I actually followed my down advice the other day and bought tickets to a Yankees-Tigers game, the second game of the season, on the morning of the game day for $47 each. The face value of the tickets were $80.

The Giants and Jets, New York teams at heart who play in New Jersey (about 10 miles from NYC), opened a new stadium together in 2010. To help pay for the New Meadowlands Stadium, both organizations charged its fans PSLs (Personal Seat License). The Giants charge a PSL for every seat in the building while the Jets charge for all seats except for those in the upper deck. As an example, the Jets’ PSLs range between $2,500 and $30,000 per seat depending on where the seat is located in the stadium. Multiply a number in that range by four seats and whoa. Remember, fans still have to pay for each individual game on top of the PSL (ranging from $120 to $700 per ticket per game). Luckily, fans can pay for their PSLs over a period of 5 or 15 years. This all means that buying tickets to a single game can become pricey. You will most likely have to spend well over face value, but the action at a Giants or Jets game is worth the price of admission.

The Rangers, who share a home with the Knicks, have rocked The Garden just as loud or louder than their counterparts. Who doesn’t remember Mark Messier lifting the Stanley Cup over his head in 1994? The Islanders, Long Island’s lone professional sports team, may not be having much success in recent years, but they have a rich history. Tickets to both New York’s NHL teams aren’t too hard to get, especially the Islanders who run some great specials to get fans in the stands at Nassau Coliseum.

The fun doesn’t stop at the four major sports, though. New York City hosts other sporting events such as the US Open, Belmont Stakes and NCAA Big East Tournament, just to name a few.

The US Open, held at Arthur Ashe Stadium which neighbors the Mets’ Citi Field, gets packed with over 22,000 tennis fans each day during a two-week span in August and September. Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the triple crown, is held at Belmont Park in Queens during the early part of June. If a horse has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, tickets to see that horse try to become the first triple crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 can be very hard to find. Lastly, the NCAA Big East Tournament, held at Madison Square Garden each year, is always a tough ticket to come by. Big East basketball is the best in the nation and when you have teams like Syracuse, Connecticut, Villanova, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and hometown St. John’s competing in a tournament at MSG, sparks will fly and instant classics will be made.

The history of sports in New York City is rich and plentiful. An epic moment can happen at anytime on the world’s biggest and brightest stage. Will you be there to witness it?

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