A decade of development for TTBL in the eyes of Yang Jianhua:
In 2001,
https://world.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper148/20010220/class014800010/hwz316688.htm
(Yang Jianhua had played in the German club, was a coach, ran a table tennis equipment, is now the Dutch national team coach. For years he has been playing ping pong for China and Europe and as a manager for many players. Ma Wenge and Ding Song and other players are through him to play in Europe.
He said: "The main hallmark of the decline of table tennis in Europe is that the foundation here is less than 10 years ago, but in recent years the domestic market has become smaller due to the poor performance of the European players in international competitions. It is very difficult to make money in the table tennis market, meanwhile, the market-oriented reform of table tennis in China has been deepening and affecting more and more. ") - Courtesy of Google Translate
In 2011,
http://www.ctsports.com.cn/mobile/index.php?m=default&c=article&a=info&aid=39063&u=0
(August 10 news, 2011 China Table Tennis Super League nearing completion, the German table tennis league is also in full swing. In recent years, the German Table Tennis League, once named the first league table tennis in the world, has encountered the bottleneck of its own development.
Former German golfer Yang Jianhua, who played in Germany and later became a table tennis club manager, said: "The popularity of table tennis in Germany is good, but after all, it is a niche movement that survives the mass movement. , Although the system is perfect, but the limitations of the project led to the game attendance is not high, with the TV broadcast rights can not be sold for conversion into profit .Earnings decline led to the strength of the German League clubs decline, the attractiveness of the decline. With more big-star players, more platforms and media coverage, it's the much needed regenerative feed for the German league. ") - Courtesy of Google Translate