“Happily taking their money,” Rennae Stubbs ridicules double-faced John McEnroe over comments on Pickleball
Rennae Stubbs is not happy with John McEnroe playing at a pickleball event in with other former tennis greats.
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Rennae Stubbs and John McEnroe
Rennae Stubbs hates pickleball and she has made her stand clear many times in the past. This time she also criticized legends of the sport such as John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, and Andy Roddick for participating in a pickleball event for a hefty prize money of $1 million.
Journalist Ken Fang shared an article in which John McEnroe shared his views on pickleball event. He also gave his own opinions on the pickleball event and the American tennis legend participating in it.
“John McEnroe, starring in $1 million ESPN pickleball game, says pickleball hype makes him want to throw up,” the caption read.
Rennae Stubbs shared Mr. Fang’s views and also added her own opinions on this issue.
“Pickleball (NFT/Crypto bros) throwing shit tons of money at some of the greats of the tennis game to give it credibility. They all think it’s a joke and embarrassing but theyre happily taking their money,” her caption read.
John McEnroe in a recent interview had shared his feelings when the pickleball tournament organizers came up to him to make him part of the roster.
“This came to us , like, ‘What you’re going to throw some money at us? Okay,” he said.
He also added that he in particular do not enjoy playing pickleball.
“No, I don’t enjoy it. Tennis is my game. But its something I have been enjoying with friends because it’s sort of an equalizer,” he continued.
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Rennae Stubbs criticize tennis players making big investments in pickleball
Pickleball was invented in 1965 but in recent times it has gained immense popularity in the USA. It is a growing sport and many people are now not just looking at this sport as just a great exercise but also a career option.
The planning for Major League Pickleball is in advanced stages. Many tennis players are also interested in investing in this new league. Nick Kyrgios and Kim Clijsters came ahead to invest in buying pickleball teams. However, this has not gone down well with Rennae Stubbs. She thinks that rather than investing in pickleball, tennis players must invest in the promotion and development of tennis sport.
“I’m talking about tennis players investing in pickleball. It’s like wait a second you think because LeBron and KD invested, then holy shit we should all be jumping on board. No dude, they got play money, those guys have play money or somebody with a shit load of money, way more than LeBron and KD is giving them money to invest in a pickleball association,”she said.
“But I said to Kim, why not promote, I mean Kim had a tennis academy, so she put her money where her mouth is and a lot of that money for her academy was from her. I think since it’s almost closed down because of the fact that it’s really hard to provide them the money. Don’t invest in pickleball, invest in Kim Clijsters Academy of the world. She is a bad example because she isn’t invested in her own sport but she is right. We want people to be active, you can get them on a tennis court mate,” she continued.
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