Townball

 

*** 

Relevant Background:" Town ball, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a bat-and-ball, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball. In some areas, including Philadelphia and along the Ohio River and Mississippi River—the local game was called Town Ball. In other regions the local game was named "base", "round ball", "base ball", or just "ball"; after the development of the "New York game" in the 1840s it was sometimes distinguished as the "New England game" or "Massachusetts baseball". The players might be schoolboys in a pasture with improvised balls and bats, or young men in organized clubs. As baseball became dominant, town ball became a casual term to describe old fashioned or rural games similar to baseball..." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_ball)

*** 

Relevant Stats: “ StubHub is an American ticket exchange and resale company. It provides services for buyers and sellers of tickets for sports, concerts, theater, and other live entertainment events. By 2015, it was the world's largest ticket marketplace.[1][2] While the company does not currently disclose its financials, in 2015 it had over 16 million unique visitors and nearly 10 million live events per month.[3].. ”(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StubHub)

**

Relevant stats: “The Online Sports Betting market in the United States is anticipated to achieve a revenue of US$7.62bn by 2023.

This projection is based on the expected annual growth rate (CAGR 2023-2028) of 15.63%, which would result in a market volume of US$15.75bn by 2028.

Furthermore, it is estimated that the number of users in this market will reach 52.0m users by 2028...”(https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/eservices/online-gambling/online-sports-betting/united-states#:~:text=The%20sports%20betting%20and%20lottery,almost%20173%20billion%20U.S.%20dollars)

***

Relevant Stats relevant to injuries: “

Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and constitute nearly 8% of all deaths.

For people age 5-29 years, 3 of the top 5 causes of death are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.

Injuries and violence are responsible for an estimated 10% of all years lived with disability.

Injuries and violence place a massive burden on national economies, costing countries billions of US dollars each year in health care, lost productivity and law enforcement...” (Injuries and violence (who.int))*** 

***

Relevant Stats on Vacation and Investment Properties: “Airbnb has over 7 million active listings in over 220 countries...394 million ‘nights and experiences’ were booked on Airbnb around the world in 2022. Airbnb has had over 1.5 billion guest arrivals since it started in 2007….typical host in the U.S. earns $14,000 per year from Airbnb…” (https://www.rubyhome.com/blog/airbnb-stats/)

*** 

Relevant Material: “While the incidence of injuries is more or less the same, the prevalence of injuries has been steadily increasing because of the increasing number of matches played and the decreasing amount of rest periods between matches.30 The most common cricket injury reported is hamstring strain, and most severe is lumbar stress fracture in young fast bowlers, which is usually season ending.30,34

Bowling (41.3%), fielding, and wicket keeping (28.6%) account for most injuries.43 Acute injuries are most common (64%-76%), with the rest being acute-on-chronic (16%-22.8%) and chronic (8%-22%).27,43 Younger players (<24 years old) sustain more overuse and bowling injuries than older players.43 Lower limb injuries form nearly 49.8% of injuries, followed by back injuries (22.8%), upper limb injuries (23.3%), and neck injuries (4.1%). Hamstring and quadriceps strains formed the majority of lower limb injuries sustained primarily during bowling and fielding. Injuries to fingers primarily during batting and fielding predominate upper limb injuries (35.4%), and shoulder injuries (21.7%) occurred during throwing and bowling.43 Players in the West Indies sustained 40% of injuries during test matches, 32% during 1-day matches, and 28% outside of match play..”  (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5958448/)

**

Relevant Coverage:

A. Travel & Health

B. Personal property coverage

C. Errors and omissions coverage for professionals like travel agents and brokers

d. Gps tracker, satellite phone, Panic Button

E. Creditors insurance, line of credit and personal loan insurance, TFSA