Major League Pickleball & The PPA Decide To Form A Merger
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00:00 Sports presser Rick Harwin said a $1.3 trillion business of sports with your daily numbers
00:05 gained.
00:06 Say it ain't so, but pickleball is already merging.
00:08 The Major League Pickleball and the PPA, Tom Dundon, the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes,
00:14 who is leading one group along with the others, have announced a merger for the benefit of
00:20 the 30 million people who play and others who watch on television and want to play more.
00:27 One league is a team-style bracket format.
00:31 The other one has another kind of relationship to it.
00:36 And both of them are under an umbrella that represent the top 150 pickleball players in
00:43 the world.
00:45 And both organizations say that all of those players will be on display in cities across
00:51 North America.
00:52 They started with a merger.
00:54 Talks fell apart.
00:55 Now it's happening again.
00:56 for the benefit of Pickleball and the fans who play.