Pickleball Merger: Career Opportunities Open Up For Players
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00:00 Sports professor Rick Harlow Sports News Minute.
00:05 Are you ready for some pickleball?
00:07 Well, the problems of competition may have been solved.
00:12 The merger has been finalized with SC Holdings pickleball team owner Al Talis, the PPA Tour
00:19 owner Tom Dundon and the Pardo family coming together, bringing in organizations together
00:25 and the MLP Bar Margaritaville merges with the Carvana PBA Tour.
00:31 The bottom line is first, increased capital of up to 250% increase that allow more players
00:39 to get more compensation and maybe allow players to make this a career since pickleball is
00:44 now 50, 60 million people playing.
00:47 And then second, unified ownership and governance, but two separate formats with two separate
00:53 leagues starting next January and going beyond that.
00:58 Certainly pickleball has arrived at the amateur level and the professional level as well.
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