Drew Brees Becomes A Team Owner, In Pickleball

SportsMoney Drew Brees Becomes A Team Owner, In Pickleball Erik Matuszewski Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about businesses, news and destinations in the golf world New! Follow this author to improve your content experience. Got it! Jul 21, 2022, 06:38pm EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Drew Brees (left) and Major League Pickleball founder Steve Kuhn (right).

Brees, who ranks second in . . .

[+] NFL history to Tom Brady in passing yardage and touchdown passes, has joined MLP as a part owner of Mad Drops PC. Major League Pickleball Two months ago, Drew Brees laid out possibilities for his future endeavors in a Twitter post — a response to reports he was leaving NBC Sports (a move that would become official a month later). The retired Super Bowl-winning quarterback mentioned a return to football, focusing on business and philanthropy, and trying to play golf on the senior tour.

Brees also suggested he might train for the pro pickleball tour. It turns out there was a bit of foreshadowing with the pickleball mention. Brees has joined the ownership group of one of the 12 co-ed teams in Major League Pickleball : Mad Drops PC, saying he’s looking forward to bringing more attention to the nation’s fastest-growing participation sport.

“I look forward to helping raise awareness around the incredible players and competitions in MLP, helping grow the sport of pickleball and fostering overall fan engagement,” said Brees, noting that he’s an avid player, fan and student of a game that’s seen a surge in popularity in recent years. The number of pickleball players in the U. S.

has jumped by more than 39% over the past two years, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. Major League Pickleball, or MLP, kicked off its 2022 season with its first team competition last month in Austin, Texas, where the Mad Drops Pickleball Club is based. Brees joins an ownership roster that also includes Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Jim Buss, real estate mogul Ryan Serhant — the star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York” — and venture capital firm Good Alpha Industries.

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5-7 in Newport Beach, California, and will offer the largest prize purse in pickleball history ($319,000), with the winning team collecting $100,000. Events are livestreamed and broadcast on CBS Sports Network. RELATED CONTENT: Golf’s Growth Has Nothing On Pickleball, But The Two Sports Enjoy Synergies Nationwide Follow me on Twitter .

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