The undisputed #1 women's pickleball player ever just signed a stunning long-term deal with Franklin. If you missed it, you can read about it here .
But now everyone is wondering one thing: how big is the contract really?
Anna Leigh Waters Signs Longterm Deal with Franklin Pickleball
“I am incredibly proud to begin this next chapter of my career with Franklin Sports,” said Waters.
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PicklePod host and decorated pro Zane Navratil has an idea:
"I've got this pegged as an eight figure deal. And here's the rationale that I've got. So Ben Johns made $2.5 million in 2024, right?" That's obviously split between PPA contract and JOOLA contract. My guess is that based on what PPA contracts were from Tour Wars, I'm thinking he's getting $1.5 million from PPA, $1 million from JOOLA per year to get that $2.5M." #1 Pickleball Pro Makes over $2.5 million per year
Ben Johns recently told CNBC what his expected pickleball income will be in 2024. The figure may surprise you.
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He extends the rationale further. If Ben Johns was making that much in 2021, how much is Anna Leigh worth now?
"Four years later and probably hundreds of millions more people playing pickleball, you've got to think that, okay, this deal probably isn't four times as big... but let's say conservatively two times as big, that puts this deal at $2 million at least." Ben famously has a lifetime deal with JOOLA. We don't think Anna Leigh got t... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/is-anna-leigh-waters-franklin-deal-really-worth-10-million/
