TPJ S1E8 Tour Wars: PPA vs. MLP What is the difference between PPA and MLP? Timeline The MLP was approached by an agency (Top Notch) and began signing players to exclusive, multi-year deals These deals included health insurance, 401K, and pay players $200-300K annually  Famous sneak-attacks - Trojan Horse, Battle of Trenton, Attack on Pearl Harbor  MLP with a huge head start vs. PPA Aggregate/individual views  PPA went after top talent  MLP went after the rest Questions  Which roster do you like more?  Biggest winners of the Tour Wars?  Players  Lawyers Biggest losers? Ownership Leagues  Doc explains the past mergers/eras when there were multiple sports leagues Hot Take: Players don’t deserve all this money  Final predictions for how all of this plays out?  Dad’s thoughts/Loong’s comments  MLP and PPA go bankrupt, APP buys them for pennies on the dollar  PPA Kansas City Top Story: Ben Johns and Matt Wright partner up  Lost a few games, but ultimately won convincingly  Biggest challenge was JW and Dylan in the Finals  BJ/Wright blew 8-0 leads in both the first and second games (even lost the second game outright) Question: How bad of a partner could BJ have and still win?  Wright vs. Riley  Riley out in the quarter finals to Tyson and BPJ ALW and BJ: Triple Crown  ALW and BJ beat the bricks off of Newman and Irvine  Best match of the weekend: ALW/BJ vs. Hurricane/Tweener King ALW and Catherine Parenteau faced off against Bright and Dizon in the finals  ALW cruised in singles with her only loss coming from Lina Padegimaite  BJ didn’t drop a single game in singles  Other notes from the weekend  It was hot af (105 degrees) Lots of drops were missed because the ball was softer  ALW couldn’t overpower  People were drenched in sweat McMuffin vs. McGuffin  Came back from 3-10 to win in the semis vs. Fed Fed needs a wardrobe change  Looks too much like BJ Tweener King punches his paddle following his early loss to Vich Concussion Watch  BJ takes one to the dome from Dylan  Sports Betting Won my first bet Newman/Irvine -110 vs. two nobody’s They are no favorites when money is on the line  All of this and more in our Sports Betting 101 pod coming later this week  Housekeeping  If you’ve made it this far give us a like and subscribe on our YouTube Channel  Download and listen to us anywhere podcasts are available  Leave us a 5-star rating and recommend us to a friend  Deuces