Major League Table Tennis (MLTT) in USA

I hope Kanak Jha has signed up. He is really missed.

TTBL (which started this weekend, by the way) doesn't allow its players to compete in another league during the same season, so Kanak will probably stay out of this and focus on helping Grenzau once his suspension is over.

Full draft results:

I like the Golden Game concept of alternating players within a game.  I had thought about doing something similar where I play whenever it got too busy.

amateur wrote: Each team is required to have one woman on the roster - it seems 9 were picked, in the following order: Amy Wang Matilda Ekholm Hong Lin Lily Zhang Fabiola Diaz Rachel Sung Angela Guan Emily Tan Ying Wang So the Texas Smash picked not 1 but 2 women. What happens if the female player (for example Lily Zhang) isn't available on a matchday?

I don't know twenty or so of those names... but Florida seems to have good depth and experience.

This was a "draft" for promotional purposes only. Clearly not the order in which the players were actually selected by the teams. Players were given the option to limit their availability to only west or only east teams, and there were probably other factors involved as well in putting the rosters together. Koi Lei is the strongest player in the league. I think Carolina might have the strongest roster, led by Enzo Angles and Romain Lorentz with Jeremy Hazin a strong number three if he's in form.

Some of the choices and the order of the choices were baffling to say the least.  I did hear that some of the players cannot play all the rounds because of having previous commitments to play internationally, so that might have had something to do with some of the strange picks. 

talltimber wrote: So, any opinions on which team did the best in the draft? Was it Portland because they got Lei Kou in the second round or was it another team?

Chairman Meow wrote: ander999 wrote: amateur wrote: What would the pay be like? Not sure they disclose that information until after you are drafted. It isn't readily available anywhere. Earlier this year (April?) they had a presentation for players interested in the draft that covered some of this information. I forget the numbers but there is some base pay per appearance on the thousand dollar scale plus smaller bonuses for winning games, especially the golden game. There may also have been some pay just for being on a team, but I don't recall that as clearly. I'll see if I can find the information again.

Can anyone with Zoom see if VOD/playback is available for the webinar?

https://www.facebook.com/MajorLeagueTableTennis/posts/124942740560450
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dmOvZ7ZlS3Ow7mkhoyQxRQ?fbclid=IwAR0IjpuuQvY1hkdZgbmnRAhS8iQ0DRxpnIn-HwE8_PgBZc1e4ajvTc0eSG0

Lem496 wrote: Between $1k and $2k per appearance, plus the team is playing for a percentage of a purse each weekend. There will be a Final Four tournament worth quite a bit of money with the winner taking the lions share. At the seasons end there will be individual bonuses paid out to the top point earners. Throw in the possibility for endorsements, players can do all right playing one weekend per month in The MLTT.

Lem496 wrote: I believe most expenses including food will be covered. MLTTs CEO and founder Flint Lane is determined to make this a world class league. This is a great first step

Personally I prefer  a 2 table format. One table can get boring. 2 rarely does and sometimes  the drama can double.

I know Flint as well, rarely does he fail at what he sets his mind to. He’s adapts and gives the consumer what they want. The man has an exceptional track record, I wouldn’t bet against him or the league.

[QUOTE=liulin04]What's the format going to be like?  does all 9 players from each team all gets to play too?[/QUOT