WSJ
[Rodney “Rocket] Grubbs was well-known and well-liked in Brookville—a town of 2,600 tucked amid rolling hills about 40 miles northwest of Cincinnati—where he coached tennis and opened a pickleball shop. He traveled to dozens of tournaments a year, playing and selling merchandise through a company, Pickleball Rocks, that he touted as “the world’s most recognized pickleball apparel brand.”
But authorities say he was also issuing promissory notes—usually for $25,000 at 12% interest over 18 months—to people across the country, telling them they were part of a small group of investors and seldom making good. In court filings, Grubbs said he owes a total of $47.5 million, including interest. The money has largely vanished. More
Downside) Carry the one and Grubby McGrubFace ripped off over a thousand people.
Upside) Whores, strippers, and drug dealers.
Well he’s in a pickle now…
Hey somebody had too say it!
Well, if that isn’t enough to pickle your balls.
Pickleball is a made-up sport anyway. It might as well be represented by a man with made- up business sense.
Didn’t the dumb bastards watch The Music Man when they were a kid?
I hear that south of the border they play Spickle Ball.
Urology patients play Trickle Ball.
Online advertising brokers play Clickle Ball.
Unfaithful spouses play Fickle Ball.
…and tea baggers play Lickle Ball.
“Pickleball is a made-up sport anyway. ”
LOL, Good news. There for a while I was thinking it was like the rest of the sports.
Brad
Only most other sports. Baseball and football were created by God. it’s in the Bible.
I first heard of pickleball thirty odd years ago. It was a fun little swat the ball over the net game the old alcoholics played, and it could be played slow enough even old heavy smoking alcoholics could play for a while. Very good natured for the most part, and they ran the grouchy louches off pretty well.
Last year in Hawaii I watched a long wrangling argument over a point of order in scoring a game between two teams, older middle age people, got to sounding bitter, and not an alcoholic beverage to be seen. Seems a shame somehow.