On Wednesday, July 12th at 9am ET the Premier Level draft for MLP Season 2 took place. In case you didn’t see our earlier draft prediction articles, you can find them all here.
Below are the results from the Premier Level draft. We’ll cover Challenger tomorrow, but for now, here are the key storylines you need to know:
Guys Did NOT Dominate in Premier Round 1
There was a lot of speculation in the build-up to the draft that men would dominate the first round because it has proven that this results in more wins.
Rumors were that there would be 8 or 9 men drafted in the first round and just 3 or 4 females. So how did it shake out?
Seven men and five women were taken. This put to bed the rumors pretty quickly. Especially with ALW, CP, and AB making it three females in the top five picks.
Could those rumors have been spread by some GMs hoping that there would be a mad dash for dominant men when they really wanted a woman all along? Perhaps…
The MFFM and FFMM Patterns Prevailed
Ten total teams chose the MFFM or the FFMM pattern in this year’s Premier Level Draft.
There were only two teams who varied from these patterns: AZ Drive and Miami Pickleball Club.
Miami went with a very strong men’s combo with Fed and Tyson. They then went very heavy on the women’s…
