$100K TO APPROVE PADDLES?! | PPA Orange County Cup Preview 

Tyler you are 100% wrong to think that would bring prices down.

Jack “I’ve never won anything” Munro is crazy 😂

BS on the barriers to entry excuse. It's a money grab and will harm the small paddle companies that provide good value and, in many cases, innovation. I care about approval now but if they do this then I will begin ignoring whether a paddle is approved. I am not paying $250+ for a paddle whose spin won't last a year.

The Kitchen is now the propaganda arm of UPA

Love the show. When Jimmy turns his head to talk to Tyler, Jimmy’s volume goes way down. Maybe Jimmy needs to have a headset with a mic attached.

Wrong T L. Big money will spend big money to keep smaller money from competing against them. This happens in most every realm of business. Prices for these approved paddles will probably be higher.

Your knowledge of economics is rudimentary at best. Big paddle manufacturers such as Joola have a relationship with UPA. Squeezing the small producers limits your competition and allows you to raise prices.

Great episode! Thank you for the KOTC code at PB central! Just ordered another bag!

Tell Jimmy to put his mic by his left elbow

The Dink is better than The Kitchen.

I haven’t listened to this one yet, but I hope Rettenmeir’s biker shorts at the OC Cup did not go up unnoticed by Jimmy 😂. Would love to hear your thoughts Jimmy…

You're gonna find out that a lot of people aren't going to care about the UPA "approving" paddles.

The actual cost of manufacturing a pickleball paddle has not gone up 150% in the last 3 years, but the retail cost has gone up.

I put the chances of Hayden and Pablo beating Ben the same as jimmy doing more pull up than me in fact, I’d even give Jimmy 4 pull-ups for every one he does and I’ll go singles and I also love when Jimmy makes predictions because he’s literally 99.9% wrong most of the time

Raising the barrier to entry, is anti free market, anti capitalism, anti entrepeneurialism, and anti job creation! Joola, one of the largest brands, has recently had their paddles banned, due to failed testing, and is also notorius for quality control problems. It's not the smaller brands that are causing quality control problems, so why are the being blamed and punished? Is it ok with everyone, if families be allowed to make an honest living, through their blood, sweat and tears?

Won the Holey Performance giveaway. Thx guys! Can't wait to try it

Yay time for kotc pod

Megan Dizon told John Kew in Phoenix last week at the Proton event that she’s coming back to the tour after suffering mononucleosis as well as the food poisoning.

Some of us do like Zane btw ... just how we love Jimmy

6/24: talk about whether pro players actually see the paddle hit the ball or just simply swing where the ball will be? Thanks

Team Rec Play, so don't care about "approved" on my paddles. I support small business. Team Dink w/Tom&Zane. Watched the DJ pod with JillyB and thought for sure your name would come up Jimmy.

A lot of greats talk trash. Maybe not in tennis or pickleball, but if you look at football,basketball, or combat sports it’s a different story.

It is clear that neither of these two are economists.

The solution should be to enter into contracts with the manufacturers that they cannot use the design for other companies, not to reduce the competition.

Munro lost in Collegiate Singles to a player from Indiana University

Need Tyler loong to match with Jessie. Space buns and glasses ftw! Lol 😂

Anna Bright needs to work on her mental and body language game .... she's tough as nails but you can tell when you have her beat

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