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Getting the US on the bandwagon doesn't necessarily mean a sport will be popular. American football, baseball, ice hockey and golf are the biggest sports in the US by coverage on national television, but they are considered fringe sports elsewhere.

Interest in table tennis around the world was at its peak between the '80s and '90s, but the ITTF failed to capitalize on the momentum. The Pro Tour(now World Tour) didn't start until 1996, after Sweden was dethroned. It was too late. By that time, European leagues such as the TTBL(best of the world at the time) already had too much influence on the livelihood of European players. The vicious cycle was in place. The ITTF simply missed the chance to really take off.

A decade of development for TTBL in the eyes of Yang Jianhua:

In 2001,
杨建华曾经在德国俱乐部打过球,当过教练,经营过乒乓球器材,现担任荷兰国家队主教练。他多年来一直为中国和欧洲乒乓球运动的交流奔走,担任很多球员的经纪人。马文革和丁松等球员都是通过他来到欧洲打球的。

他说:“欧洲人乒乓球衰落的主要标志是这里的基础比起10年前不行了,但近几年由于欧洲选手国际比赛成绩不行,国内的市场越来越小。现在在中国之外的乒乓球市场上赚钱已非常困难,而与此同时,中国乒乓球市场化改革不断深化,影响越来越大。”
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,
  8月10日消息,在2011年中国乒超联赛接近尾声的时候,德国乒球联赛也在如火如荼地进行中。近年来,曾被封为世界乒乓球第一联赛的德国乒乓球联赛,遭遇到了自身发展的瓶颈期。

  曾在德国打球,后又成为乒球俱乐部经理人的前国球手杨建华对于目前德国联赛的现状表示,“乒乓球在德国普及率不错,但终究是小众运动,生存在大众运动的夹缝中,虽然制度完善,但项目的局限性导致了比赛上座率不高,伴随而来电视转播权无法售出转化为盈利。盈利减少导致德国甲级联赛俱乐部实力下降,吸引力下降。而中国乒超拥有更多具有明星效益的大牌球员,更多的平台和媒体转播资源,这正是德国联赛急需的再生养料。”
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
 
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Hi, guys the discussion is interesting would you agree to move your posts to a new thread like "A general chit chat about the future of table tennis"? Would be interesting to see how far we can go with our analysis and ideas. I would ask Carl if he can do that.
I'm all for it.
 
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