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Old 12-28-2023, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
Pickleball will never have audience as tennis or payday. At least not till they get rid of sideouts. All dinking pretty boring takes hour and half to complete game with sideouts, pickleball not snooker or bowls where English watch it for hours. Beside most all pro pickleball players are ex-tennis players who couldn’t make on pro tour found way to make little money through sponsorship and have to get real job.
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It will never be big as a spectator sport. In comparison it makes watching golf feel exciting.
Bowling, golf and PB are better participation sports than spectator sports. Who cares? If I want to watch sports on television, it's football or nothing.