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this might be just the easiest way to
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become a professional athlete in America
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even though it's a growing sport still
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under 5 million people play Pickleball
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in America but there are still
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tournaments with hundreds of thousands
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of dollars up for grams not to mention
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sponsors throwing money at athletes to
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try and establish themselves in the
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market so how much money would you make
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as a professional pickleball player well
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let's start with the obvious tournament
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earnings the standard prize money for
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professional leads and tours right now
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ranges from thirty thousand dollars to a
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hundred and fifty thousand dollars
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across a few dozen tolerance and that
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creates a prize pool of around a million
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dollars but even if you were good enough
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to win one of these tournaments you're
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not taking home all of the hundred and
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fifty thousand dollars after your cut of
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the pool you could be left with just a
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few thousand dollars but let's assume
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that you're a pretty good player and you
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can win a handful of tournaments a year
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that means you could make twenty five
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thousand dollars from prize money the
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second and most lucrative Revenue stream
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is through sponsors there are over 400
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panel companies alone that are trying to
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break break into the growing pickleball
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market so there's Minds we spent on Pro
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players with a social presence let's
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assume you're on the highest side of
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sponsorship revenue and make 75 000 per
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year through various equipment and
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apparel sponsors all of a sudden you're
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up to six figures as a pro pickable
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player but there's still money to be
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made because as the sport grows people
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are going to want to be taught by top
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players so you could open a little
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coaching side hustle charge 50 bucks an
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hour work 15 hours per week and earn an
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extra forty thousand dollars per year
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now you're making a hundred and forty
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thousand dollars a year as a
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professional athlete in America's
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fastest growing Sport and that's why
