The Professional Pickleball Federation

THE PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL FEDERATION THE "ASSOCIATION") HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS. INCLUDED IN THESE ACTIVITIES ARE THE FOLLOWING:A. THE ASSOCIATION INTENDS TO ESTABLISH AN ORGANIZATION INVOLVING REPRESENTATION AND INPUT FROM VARIOUSREGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE THE PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS HAVING INTEREST IN THE SPORT OF PICKLEBALL WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUNDS, WITH THE GOAL OF MAXIMIZING IDEAS AND PARTICIPATION WITHOUT REGARD TO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, RACE, SEX, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIENTATION.B. THE GOAL OF THIS BROAD EXPOSURE AND PARTICIPATION SHALL BE TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR INFORMATION AVAILABLE TOPICKLEBALL PARTICIPANTS, PARTICULARLY PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPANTS, ENABLING THEM TO OBTAIN A WIDE VARIETY OF HELPFUL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY AND NATURE OF: COMPETITIVE EVENTS; OF POSSIBLE INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS; OF BACKGROUND AND ISSUES RELATING TO AGENTS AND REPRESENTATION FOR A PLAYER TO CONSIDER IN MAKING HIS OR HER ARRANGEMENTS WITH SPONSORS, AGENT AND THE LIKE; PRODUCT AVAILABILITY AND IMPROVEMENTS INVOLVING PICKLEBALL EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES; AND THE LIKE. THE ASSOCIATION WILL, IN THIS REGARD, ACT IN A GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION BENEFITTING THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. THE ASSOCIATION WILL NOT ACT AS ANY AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOR BENEFIT, OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, ANY INDIVIDUAL, SINCE THE ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE FOR GENERALBENEFIT.C. THE ASSOCIATION WILL SPONSOR, SCHEDULE AND COORDINATE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS, COMPETITIONS, CONVENTIONSAND EVENTS, TO BENEFIT THE SPORT OF PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL THROUGH EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, STANDARDIZING OF RULES AND CODES OF CONDUCT, AND OTHER MUTUALLY-BENEFICIAL ACTIVITIES.D. IN BENEFITTING THE GROWTH AND INTEREST IN PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL COMPETITION, THE ASSOCIATION INTENDS THAT THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE RELATED BENEFITS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY FOSTERING INTEREST IN THE SPORT OF PICKLEBALL BY INCREASING INFORMATION TO AMATEUR AND OCCASIONAL PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND PROVIDING INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE FROM THIS SPORT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.