New York Post Hates Pickleball?

A recent article in the Post wasn’t very nice to our favorite sport.

Let’s start with its title ??

How exactly is pickleball “wreaking havoc”?

The article…

• points to an incident of people refusing to stop playing pickleball on tennis courts when asked by the maintenance staff.
• quotes a city manager as saying, “I’ve had to go over to our recreational sports center and tell 70-year-old men: ‘If you threaten to hit our sports center director with the paddle again, I’m going kick you out.’ ”

Wow! That’s all you got?! Based on the accusation that pickleball is “wreaking havoc across the US,” you’d think that maybe it’s increasing gang violence ??, leading to hundreds of deaths a year ?? , or creating the next pandemic. ???

No, no, none of that — just some noise complaints and arguments about where people can play — which is probably happening with almost every sport every single day!

Which brings us to the point, you don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!!

To say pickleball “wreaks havoc” because it has some flaws is like saying that the car is a horrible invention because it leads to thousands of deaths a year, or that love is a bad emotion because it leads to pain when a relationship ends or a loved one dies.

Everything great in life has its flaws and pickleball is no exception.

(In fact, USA Pickleball recently launched an initiative through ball and paddle technology to reduce the sport’s sound output by 50%.)

But to say that pickleball — which brings people together, builds community, gets people working out, and brings tremendous joy to millions — is “wreaking havoc” because it has some flaws? That’s simply unfair, inaccurate and irresponsible.