Rich Paul Urging Pro Tennis Players To Switch To Pro Pickleball After MLP Investment

Listen up, pro tennis players … Rich Paul is using some totally free company suggestions — discussing to TMZ Sports he thinks a profession switch to pickleball might yield substantial advantages for professional athletes if they formally sold rackets for paddles.

Paul broke all of it down for us at LAX today … about a month after he, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, Nick Kyrgios and others signed up with forces to own a Major League Pickleball group.

The creator of Klutch Sports Group stated he thinks the sport is remarkable and ready to remove — and kept in mind that if a pro tennis gamer made the switch now, it may result in a huge windfall of money and popularity later.

“Those that play tennis that may be, you know, average or a little bit above average could be really great at this,” Paul stated. “It may be a little more lucrative.”

He continued, “If I was someone who played a different sport that was kind of, what I would say would be an evolution or somewhat similar to another sport, and it was new, and it was hot and lucrative, I would take a look at it myself.”

MLP started in 2021 with simply 8 groups — however as the sport, used a smaller sized variation of a tennis court with paddles and a plastic ball with holes in it, has actually grown … the org. anticipates to have 24 groups this year.

Paul’s brand-new team will be among the ’23 additions to the league … and he informed us he’s stired for the prospective it has, and the increase of skill that might be headed its method when individuals recognize it.

As for his friend LeBron James — the King has likewise invested in MLP … and is set up to in fact contend versus Paul’s group this year.