Eyewitness Account of the KC NPPL Fiasco

[fire1811]

this sport is eating itself alive.

what a joke

Which is why I have moved to airsoft.

[geekwarrior]

NPPL claims "Unfinished Business"

Check the 1st article on the sight.

Quote from article:

Unfinished Business

An otherwise stellar event finished with controversy at NPPL event #4 in Kansas City this past weekend. In the Professional division, Edmonton Impact and the Ironmen battled through three games vying for first place. Impact won the first game, the second ended in a draw and the third went to Ironmen. By NPPL rules the match should have ended with a shootout to break the tie, each team picking 3 players to play a best-of-three series of "one on one".

Emotions and tension ran high and instead of playing the shootout, both teams requested to settle for a tie. Although at the time this seemed like an acceptable resolution, upon further review by the league's Rules Committee, it has been decided to finish what should have been completed Sunday night in Kansas City.

Therefore in the San Diego NPPL Commander's Cup this November, before the Professional games begin, the tie-breaker will be played between the Ironmen and Edmonton Impact. The winner will be crowned the Kansas City Professional Champion and awarded the 26 ranking points that go along with first place while the other team will be awarded 2nd place and 23 ranking points.

The NPPL Rules Committee consists of current and former players along with league officials who make up the 9 voting members and one moderator. The role of the Rules Committee is to address issues between events concerning rules and regulation. When actions occur that aren't within the rule book, the Rules Committee is called upon to determine what steps need to be taken to achieve resolution while upholding the intentions and integrity of the league for current and future play.

[SummaryJudgement]

Good!

[geekwarrior]

you know, while this was a huge fiasco, this will probably help the hype of the NPPL SD.

[going_home]

The KC fans still got ripped off.
And the two teams will not be dog tired after playing all day, making the sudden death match
not what it was supposed to be.

[temps]

At least they realized they made a mistake. Paintball is a young sport, mistakes happen and better rules are made so it doesn't happen again.

[Spider-TW]

The KC fans still got ripped off.
And the two teams will not be dog tired after playing all day, making the sudden death match
not what it was supposed to be.

100%

Of all sports professional, playing to the end has no exception.

[ThePixelGuru]

Lame. If I was one of the people who paid to be there, I'd be demanding my money back right about now.

[Ninjeff]

At least they realized they made a mistake. Paintball is a young sport, mistakes happen and better rules are made so it doesn't happen again.

Yea. Even well established and multi-billion dollar sports like football and baseball have bumps in the road every now and then.

[68magOwner]

Makes you wonder why you should pay for seating if the oucome of an event is going to end like that

Since when do you pay for seating at NPPL?

[CKY_Alliance]

Since when do you pay for seating at NPPL?

Didn't they start charging like 5 or 10 dollars? I know PSP is like 5.

[spwz99]

admittance to all the other fields was free. but to get a seat in kemper arena to watch the finals and the pros play indoors was $15 for Saturday and Sunday.

[Aggravated Assault]

this sport is eating itself alive.

It's about time..

[68magOwner]

admittance to all the other fields was free. but to get a seat in kemper arena to watch the finals and the pros play indoors was $15 for Saturday and Sunday.

lowsy, everything was free in boston.

[spwz99]

lowsy, everything was free in boston.

Meh, I had no objection to them charging a small fee for indoor seating. They had air conditioned stadium seating with a jumbo tron for replays. Besides, the tickets were purely optional, and it wasn't like you couldn't watch the pros if you didn't pay. They all played games outside on the Angel field anyway.

And besides, I was willing to pay a little to encourage the NPPL to come back to the Midwest.