The @UnitedPBAssoc and @DUPRpb
have partnered to create The Collegiate Pickleball Tour! 🤝
- More than $100k prize money
- Collegiate Nationa Champs & Runners up get to play in the Challenger Level of the @MajorLeaguePB
Mid-Season Tournament!
https://t.co/89wf07WaEk
Crazy point from JMU vs UVA Semifinals match this weekend. Both teams already have bids to nationals this November. Didn’t deter them from points like these against their in-state rivals.
@spus44@statsrealclear@PB44444444@MajorLeaguePB@PPAtour APP has actually been impressing me lately, and I think is doing all the right things and will see growth in 2024. But is it enough? With the Picklr deal and state champ tournaments, it’s clear PPA is doubling effort to cater to amateur players.
@spus44@statsrealclear@PB44444444@MajorLeaguePB@PPAtour Agreed the business of pickleball is more cut throat than ever. But is USAP, APP, UTR enough? USAP feels like a shell of the authoritative power it once was. I get 0 value from my yearly payment to be a member. UTR will never catch up to DUPR and idk APP uses them besides $.
@statsrealclear@spus44@PB44444444@MajorLeaguePB@PPAtour It seems the parent company of PPA (pickleball inc) is going for an all out takeover of pickleball, buying out competitors or pushing their own version of existing products. Exciting to think of everything under “one roof” but would that be the best long term for the sport?
Had on DUPR's Director of College Pickleball on the Pod! Broke down all of 2024, DUPR vs NCAA/APP/etc. and a new series they're calling the campus regionals! Pretty informative and exciting stuff.
https://t.co/pIb91Rit4x
@TalkPickleball@rmourpoppop I think it speaks more to Steve being involved in 2 separate entities vs MLP and DUPR being entangled. The resignation letter is clearly Steve saving face and doesn’t represent any MLP/DUPR conspiracy.
@TalkPickleball@rmourpoppop Definitely separate. The two used to be very connected but when the PPA/MLP merger announced, there was a clear split. The announcement is just big news (that’s also positive) when there isn’t much of that going around in pickleball rn
@PB44444444 Collegiate pickleball is absolutely exploding right now. It’s surpassed any other the minor tours/orgs (WPT, MiLP, NPL, etc) in my opinion.