AAJA certainly produced more than a few pros. Bucci and Cruz
instantly come to mind. Matt as well but he was a guy that started
his pro career later than most. I'm sure there are many more,
but I knew those two guys, I'm certain many more followed after
I left Ct in 1982. That 150' or so pelota court sure took a pounding
but it was good enough to get a few guys pro contracts. I can't
really see any future American pro players.
How many pro players are even in Florida,,,, 100 maybe? I think
any replacement players for old pros like Tevin will be Basque,
very tough to get time on a pelota court these days and I can't
see a young kid going from 110' to 180' without some experience
on the pro court.
You'd have to be pretty crazy to even play jai alai as a young
man instead of going to college. Damn good chance it doesn't exist
in 5 years and it never paid like MLB or other main sports. MLB
minimum is like 500k now to sit on the bench mostly, no pelotari
ever made that kind money.
