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Insurance Coverage For Elite Student-Athletes, Jill W. Lens, Joshua Lens
Insurance Coverage For Elite Student-Athletes, Jill W. Lens, Joshua Lens
Jill Wieber Lens
College athletics is commonly referred to as “big business” for universities. But it’s also big business for elite student-athletes, meaning those who are talented enough to later become professional athletes. What happens if they get injured while still in college? An injury could cost an elite student-athlete millions of dollars, in the form of lost expected future income from playing professional sports. More and more elite student-athletes are looking to insurance to help with this risk.
This Article explores the types of insurance available for elite-student athletes, mainly total disability and loss-of-value insurance. The Article is the first to focus …