Episode 2 of Season 2 focuses on the role and future of player associations in the rapidly developing world of professional padel world.

So much is changing and evolving for players: the young Premier Padel tour, other tours and circuits in the calendar, exhibitions around the world, prize money, appearance fees, sponsorship obligations, IP-based projects and opportunities etc.

Carlos Gonzalez is the Head of Strategy and Business at the Professional Padel Association (the men's player collective). In the back end of 2024, they made a few announcements that ruffled some feathers, so it made sense to try to understand their objectives, short term and long term.

Joining Carlos on this episode is Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, who protected European basketball players, then went on to lead FIFPro, the global association for professional football players, and now works for OneTeam, the commercial arm of some of the most powerful player unions in North America.

The endemic and non-endemic experts meet on this episode to explore the vital role of player associations, and to look into the future for padel players worldwide.