This entire subforum will soon be de facto closed due to COVID-19

This entire subforum will soon be de facto closed due to COVID-19
billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:09 amNot sure this has been reported yet, but there is devastating news out of the USAPA
https://www.usapa.org/usa-pickleball-st ... ronavirus/
didn't know that it had a name - we had a badminton net and a small baseball diamond in the back yard. The badminton games often evolved to include whiffle balls and bats.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:22 ambilly.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:09 amNot sure this has been reported yet, but there is devastating news out of the USAPA
https://www.usapa.org/usa-pickleball-st ... ronavirus/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcAYMb5uk4
Every crisis brings out victims that you never knew of or even imagined exist. Originally a children's backyard game, pickleball is essentially tennis with a wiffle ball.
Yeppers. CBS this morning is running some re-run basketball game. That's really pathetic when you think about it.
2020: The year that high diving, singles figure skating, solitaire, hopscotch and pole dancing became breakout TV sports.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:33 pmTime to come up with something new. Athletes need to compete and the rest of us need to imagine that we coulda been contendas
SCUBA racesVrede too wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:39 am2020: The year that high diving, singles figure skating, solitaire, hopscotch and pole dancing became breakout TV sports.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:33 pmTime to come up with something new. Athletes need to compete and the rest of us need to imagine that we coulda been contendas
Others?
I didn't know. I guess TV revenue ain't enough.
Obviously I was joking somewhat, although their in-person attendance really has been way down. But it still takes a pretty big crowd of competitor teams to put on their show.
The wimpy slackers can pump their own gas and change their own tires like we normal Americans do.
"normal Americans"