In April, the Major League Pickleball franchises known as the D.C. Pickleball Team and the Brooklyn Aces announced their franchise name rights would be exchanged ahead of the new season, according to a press release. In other words, the D.C. team is now owned by Brooklyn's previous owner and vice versa. A recent Major League Pickleball match. Brooklyn Pickleball TeamThe ownership group leaned into the D.C. team and league, doing more events in the D.C. area. They brought up the proposal to the league and had to get approval from the board of directors of the United Pickleball Association, the holding company for Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association.