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Prior to the draft event, the sequential first-pick order for all twelve teams is predetermined by a random lottery selected by the commissioner of the league.
In the first round, each team makes a single-player pick in the player draft order determined by the lottery. When the first round is over, the team that picked last in the first-round picks first in the second round and follows that order in reverse with the team that picked first in the first round now going last. MLP teams are made up of four players, which means four rounds in total for the draft with the team in the first round once again selecting first in the third round and then reversing once more for the fourth and final round.
The excitement of the two men, two women co-ed format in the snake draft means that teams can pick players in any gender order they choose, raising the stakes on strategizing the most winning team dynamic!
MLP will be the first major American professional sports league to implement a promotion and relegation system by introducing top-tier MLP Premier Level and upstart MLP Challenger Level with teams competing in two 3-event seasons to solidify their spot in the top Level
The Challenger Shuffle Draft for Daytona has begun! We will post trades, waiver placements, and pickups as they come in throughout the week. Here are the available athletes. Our group of ladies is listed first, sorted by highest DUPR Doubles first. The men's list appears below the ladies list. Come back to this post all week for more updates until the trade window fully closes on March 10th.
With just five days left until MLP Mesa from January 26th - 29th, we’re excited to share our schedule for the full four-day event. Given the expansion to twenty-four teams, we’ve got you covered with a summary of the new gameplay format followed by a breakout of both Challenger and Premier Level schedules. To learn more about our new league structure and view all of our team lineups we encourage you to head over to the newly created League section of our site.
NFL star, Odell Beckham Jr., joins D.C. Pickleball Team ownership group League finalizes four new corporate sponsors for 2023 season including Cirkul, Hospital For Special Surgery, Fromuth Pickleball and Pickleball United The new owners finalize the league’s ownership groups at 24 and the four corporate partners bring MLP’s total to eleven across a diverse set of major consumer categories
New owners reflect MLP by Margaritaville’s strategy of attracting a diverse community to pickleball and reaching different audiences and markets. Teams will start the 2023 season in MLP Challenger Level and have revealed team names, locations, and rosters; With the first pick of the draft, the D.C.Pickleball Team selected 10-time ATP Tour titleist Sam Querrey, who begins his journey into pro pickleball.
Major League Pickleball Premier Level Draft Thursday, December 15th, Live at 9 PM ET on the Tennis Channel. Join us for the MLP 2023 Premier Level Draft live from Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Tune in as we reveal the lineups of all 12 teams of our new MLP Premier level in the company of some of the famous owners in professional sports. Bookmark this page as we provide live updates from the show and reveal each team as they’re selected!
