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WPPA opens its doors for business, and opens up the sport for a lot of questions. WPPA Are we about to have another “Tour Wars” chapter? A potential shot across the bow of the United Pickleball Association, parent group of the leading Professional Pickleball Association, has been fired in the recent wake of radical contract renegotiation demands being made of its 150+ pro players, and it’s coming from some surprise sources. Late Friday, word broke on both ESPN and the Sports Business Journal of a new advisory organization called the World Pickleball Players Association (WPPA), a “player-led organization formed to strengthen our sport through unity, professionalism, and collaboration.” The WPPA’s named board is: Tina Pisnik, President Dekel Bar, Treasurer Jessie Irvine, Secretary Augie Ge, Board Member Collin Johns, Board Member Jay Devilliers, Board Member Gabriel Tardio, Board Member The WPPA claims “a few dozen” pros to start, but what’s immediately interesting is the nature of the named WPPA Board. It includes several PPA stalwarts who have never previously wavered from allegiance to the tour. Tina Pisnik (the WPPA president), Dekel Bar (its Treasurer), and board members Collin Johns & Jay Devilliers have been PPA-true-blue since day one of the tour wars, dating back to when the PPA’s fight was with rival tour Association of Pickleball Players and through the PPA-MLP August 2023 split. These four signed PPA-exclusive deals in 2023, which barred them from the rival MLP league that year, plus they stayed true to the PPA’s cause in August 2023 during the massive pro tour split in Kansas City. However, today, these four stand with veteran Irvine, respected low-key pro Ge, and perhaps most surprising teenage sensation Tardio, who just a few months ago signed a massive 3-year contract worth more than $800k to commit to the tour. This…

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