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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Pecuniary Pickleballers Protest Msg# 1198750
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| Thanks for your reply.. be interesting to see what happens as they continue to work on ways to make both the balls snd paddles quieter. Although they have done a good job marketing the real winners are all those both young and old who have found the joy of playing this wonderful sport (not to mention the health benefits) you should try it sometime.. you actually might enjoy the game and the laughter. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Joe, not getting into the dues factor but just curious.. still think that pickleball is a passing fad.. ? How could it be a fad? It is the "fastest growing sport " in the country.
One thing is for sure, the Association of Pickleball Professionals has done an amazing job of public relations. All the quotes all over the internet use the Association of Pickleball Professionals as the SOURCE of the statement. The mention of "cult" in the Yahoo article certainly jives with what we see in OP. Here is what Yahoo says: Pickleball is now the fastest-growing sport in the nation for the fifth consecutive year in a row, with 48.3 million U.S. adults (19% of the adult population) having played at least one game in the last 12 months, according to the Association of Pickleball Professionals. That's welcome news for "picklers," or self-proclaimed addicts. But many others? Not so much. Over the last few years, in response to courts popping up everywhere and bringing the noisy "ticktock cacophony" that comes with the game, communities around the country have been fighting, sometimes through ugly legal battles, to restrict pickleball play. Some simply find the game off-putting, saying it can feel like a "cult," while others are finding it's not as risk-free as originally believed, as game-related injuries are on target to cost Americans upwards of $500 million in medical costs next year. |
