You’d have to do it for the love of it.
How could taking pictures of sports run that kind of risk. Does it require going out on the field, where you might be physically in an athelete’s way? Or oh, your flash made an athlete stumble and you’re liable for a million bucks.
I shot a lot of high end basketball. Think about an 18 Year old Kyrie Irving. falling on a photographer and having a lens break into his face.
I shot for some larger college programs that required it. I would rig lights in some pretty decrepit old gyms. One time I had a light burn out (start smoking) up in the rafters. That would have been a problem.
This is the stuff that people don’t think about, but what makes the difference between a “Pro” and a “Guy with a camera.”
I was worth every penny to watch some of the best Athletes of our generation play.