If I have to google to discover whether professional pickleball exists, then it's not anywhere near the popularity of other professional sports. I would have heard about the results of pickleball matches in the sports headlines.
> Your reply is just a low-effort attempt to dismiss an idea that makes you uncomfortable, or maybe just to pour derision on something for fun. Show more curiosity.
Please refrain from personal attacks, which are against the HN guidelines.
I don't even understand what you think is supposed to be making me "uncomfortable". I'm perfectly comfortable, thanks.
I was simply disputing this:
> This is rarely good for any sport, and is likely why interest in alternatives is growing.
1) Basically every professional sports is becoming more about strength and height over time, because athletes are getting better over time. Even professional golf, for example, is becoming much more athletic.
2) I don't think there's any evidence or plausibility to the idea that changes in professional tennis explain why pickleball has become popular among amateurs. I'm not disputing the amateur popularity of pickleball. And any growing popularity there may be in professional pickleball is the result rather than the cause of the amateur popularity of pickleball.
