Unfortunately Jessie didn’t pass concussion protocol this AM so we have to withdraw. I’m so disappointed to not play WD at my home event, but grateful we have
@UofMHealthWest
on site to take care of the players. Her health is most important.
#beercityopen
Many of my cases are just regular life disputes between family. Siblings fighting, moms mad at kids, parents arguing. Normal things we’d never see as criminal if it weren’t in criminal court, but someone got mad, called 911, didn’t know the long term ramifications + now we here
✍️ ALTAF MERCHANT ✍️
He knows how to get HYPE 🔥 He’s bringing the energy to MLP 😏 Altaf has committed to a three-year contract with Major League Pickleball, 2024 through 2026!
#MajorLeaguePB
Another great event in the books! Thank you
@GrandRapids_MI
@AndreaRemynse
for another wonderful
#beercityopen
! So many wonderful players and matches, but I think we can all agree there was one star ⭐️ that shined brighter than the rest this weekend…
I got into UCLA because because of preferential treatment (athletic ability). Not because of my academic grades or standardized test scores. Everything I am today stems from the opportunities I have been given.
Nebraska’s Volleyball team sold out the school's football stadium tonight. They are expecting 90,000+ — which could be the most attended women’s sporting event in history. That’s incredible 👏
@Pickleball
@TheMeganFudge
TBF, she did not say she was retiring from singles. She said she wanted a rule in place that prevents repeated overrules with no penalties. I totally commend her for taking this stand. It's very brave as singles is a decent portion of her livelihood.
@federicostak
I actually think it should stay best 2/3 but no backdraw. I don’t think anyone wants to watch 3/5. It’s too long. Can have best 3/5 at majors and that would help distinguish which events are majors rn, nothing does that.
Pickleballers: the American Rescue Plan Act dropped the threshold to $600 (formerly 20k) a year to trigger a 1099 from e-commerce payment systems beginning 2023 tax year. Don’t take payment for your clinics/lessons w Venmo anymore.
#lawmeetspickleball
S/o to
@LaurenStratman
& Yana! They showed out yesterday to earn championship Sunday. What a great new partnership. Women’s pro PB is so deep now and I’m here for it.
Writing that quarterly tax payment check & 🙏 for the Roth SEP tax referral for self employed. Pickleball professionals get one if you don’t have one!
#lawandpickleball
#PersonalFinance
@Pickleball
Nothing. Neither players nor manufacturers know what the testing standards or procedures are. The paddles are taken into a closed door room and “tested.” For all we know, they are using a frying pan to test them.
Live content is the next major battlefield in the streaming wars.
#NFL
games are by far the live sports broadcasts that the highest share of Americans want to access on their streaming services.
Live in and around Michigan? Come watch 4 of the best pickleball sisters compete in two weeks! All proceeds will go to fundraising for new courts in Richland, MI!
@AndreaRemynse
#propickleball
observations from my couch: the OG
@PPAtour
pros said not so fast newbies; Vivienne did Vivienne things in MxD; and Alix Truong is here to stay!
By starting first every week, the men also get minimum of 2 (usually 3) first and second round matches on center and GS before the woman start. By the time the woman start, men are at qtrs, so they remain on the show courts. Cycle never ends.
@PPAtour
main draws for men and woman’s pro doubles are not different as far as size anymore: 32 v 26 is negligible. Men always getting early start means all 4 men’s Qtrs are on a streamed court compared to 2/4 woman’s. 🤔
@PPAtour
main draws for men and woman’s pro doubles are not different as far as size anymore: 32 v 26 is negligible. Men always getting early start means all 4 men’s Qtrs are on a streamed court compared to 2/4 woman’s. 🤔
@TheKitchenPB
Lea tried to do this a few months ago and she was more or less slapped down. I like how Riley seems to be framed as savior of pro pickleball now that he is the one pushing this.
If you don’t want to watch the outside pro courts, then maybe chose a different event to play? Side note: we are also frustrated by the long days & breaks between matches. It happens to all of us. Come to Beer City Open, we try really hard to have all brackets play straight thru.
Unpopular but I don’t think I controversial opinion: the premier level depth of the women’s game is deeper now than the men’s. All the different podiums of 2023 show that.
#pickleball
BEER CITY OPEN GIVEAWAY 🍻 —
Beer City is SOLD OUT but we're teaming up with Fat Tire to give away an ALL-EXPENSE PAID TRIP to the tourney including registrations, flights, and hotel for TWO! 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Onnnsssss!! Back to back
#Wimbledon
finals. 👏🏻 One more to being the first African woman to win a grand slam and only the second ever player from Africa to win a slam.
The P-1 Visa allows Internationally recognized athletes; pros who possess a “degree of skill and recognition substantially above that ordinarily encountered…” to enter the USA up to 5 years. Pro Pickleball has a number of ( & growing) P-1 Visa recipients.
#pickleballmeetslaw
@LaurenStratman
and Lindsey Newman
@HardEightsMLP
! Looks like they had a good showing last week but I didn’t see any of it. They are 🔥 and 🧊 right? Lolo is playing so well right now and Lindsey has blocks for days to keep the points going.
Professional sport league drafts are designed to hold down labor costs: all other manipulations are fake & lead to consistent inequities, especially when teams are willing to lose as a draft strategy.
Three different courthouses today, the last one for Judge Yates’ Civil Discovery Seminar on the new MCR. The West MI legal bar is better because of him.
@AndreaRemynse
Click on court assignments and you can see the draw without logging in. Just click a match in the draw you’re interested in and you’ll have access to the full draw
LaWanda is my favorite tennis Twitter follow. I officially launch the petition to get her to attend
@MajorLeaguePB
Thousand Oaks in Nov and San Clemente in December. 🙏