They can play on the designated pickleball courts they're just lazy and entitled boomers

I could see this being a big problem with indoor tennis courts, but I'm not sure that would be a big deal outdoors, would it? Pretty much every outdoor public tennis court I've ever seen was just surrounded by a chain link fence.

I can understand other objections, but that one doesn't make much sense to me.

The courts aren’t loud. The cheap paddles are.

70dba is about what a vacuum cleaner puts out. I doubt anyone is actually bothered by the noise level considering it's an outdoor sport unless their home literally shares a wall with the court.

I'm sure it's not totally organic, but don't discount the basic popularity of an easy-to-play sport that doesn't require a lot of athleticism to get to a level where you're just playing the game and not practicing until you're good enough. And, on top of that, it looks kind of like tennis, which is nowhere near as easy to play and requires a lot more athleticism, so it has that as a draw.

You're right. There's a ton of celebrity endorsements and money involved. Everyone wants to be at the top of this new sports industry.

But I learned to play in highschool over a decade ago. It's been around but only really gained traction over covid

Also, does anyone know where all this pickleball hype is coming from? I’m sure it’s a fun sport, but with how quickly it’s taken off it feels like someone is spending some serious cash to make pickleball a big thing

It didn't take off quickly. It started as a backyard game in the mid 60s among bored kids, and grew very slowly for decades. I was playing on a court in a friend's back yard in the 80s. His dad was a big enough fan to lay tarmac for it. It just hit a tipping point in the last 15 years or so when it became popular enough that people could start making money off of it. So yeah, people are putting money into it because there's a profit to be made. But mostly the game just became popular because it's fun, cheap, and easy to pick up.

There’s always at least one open tennis court at the parks near me. You can make like 4 pickleball courts out of 1 tennis court, so I feel like there’s gotta be a nice middle ground here