Whether you’re an Alabama fan or not, no one wants Tua Tagovailoa to lose out on a potentially exciting and lucrative professional football career and instead to settle with insurance claims money he would be owed under the disability insurance policy Alabama bought for him. He reportedly did not elect to purchase a “loss of value” (LOV) rider to that policy that could have provided him up to $10 million in lost economic value if he drops in the draft order and can show that this injury was the sole cause of that happening (if it happens).



So far, the early reports are that his hip surgery following the injury in the second quarter of the Mississippi State game was successful and that he will be able to play next year, although where – college or the pros is not yet clear. Nor is it clear whether he will be able to play at the same high level that brought him close to the Heisman Trophy last year, which is why the LOV issue looms so...