I have said my fair share of shit. But this lady commentating for the ppa has now told women not to have babie or your skills diminish, questioned the age of referees, and lit up players for 4 hours. This has officially gone off the rails. When Kloss looks sane, somethings wrong.
Recording an emergency pod with @tylerloong this morning, we spoke to key players on both sides and have all the merger details!
We will do our best to make sense of it and answer your questions.
Should drop this afternoon. #KOTC
.@MajorLeaguePB Just a heads up, Challenger playoffs started today too. Based on a full day of posts and not a single mention of it (in fact nothing about Challenger in the last 2 weeks) figured you needed a reminder. They are pro pickleball players too.
Memo sent to @PPAtour players
“Gearbox has chosen not to comply with UPA-A certification standards and has declined to pursue becoming a licensed partner of the PPA Tour. As a result, Gearbox paddles will not be permitted for play in the 2025 season. “
Bens eye issue is not everyone else’s problem. If I have a bad knee and cant jump, should I be allowed to play on 6 foot hoops and everyone else 10 feet? Players across all professional sports have differing degrees of abilities and that actually includes eyesight. Something that
What a huge miss on that replay that is going to become the topic of convo for the MLP Finals.
The replay is missing a frame.
You cant make assumptions if the original ball was called out and you don’t have the frame showing it in. Either way the call was wrong. Even if by
Maybe I am in the minority but I have no issue with AL leaving after they lost. They didn’t have a runner up ceremony. Why would she sit and watch the other team celebrate? Classy for @ZaneNavratil to stay. I don’t remember Luka watching the Celtics trophy celebration.
PPA mens singles just got even deeper. Hearing that Chris Haworth and Armaan Bhatia have just signed. Will make their debuts as newly signed players in Bristol.
According to Jim Kloss, Selkirk is suing Quang Duong for using other brands of paddles. Served him on the courts.
We have seen videos of him
using Proton, Joola and others.
Between this development, and Selkirk players being forced to only use 008s even-though other paddles
Interviewed a lot of players at MLP-SLC, differing opinions on ball preference and favorite podcast. But every player I talked to was 100% in agreement that Pickleball tournaments should be played indoors. @tylerloong has been pushing this for years.