Here is a comment made about the game of table tennis quite some time ago that is still relevant today.

"I could never understand while I was active in table tennis why we couldn’t do more with the game than we did. It was only a year or so after I was out of it that I realized the very thing that made it an ideal game for many people was the very thing that held it back from becoming as important as golf, tennis and other sports. It takes very little equipment and inexpensive equipment to play....Therefore, there were no wealthy manufacturers interested in fostering it and advertising in the magazines or magazines connected with the game...."

Bill Stewart -
Acting Secretary USTTA (Elected Oct 10, 1933)