Less paintball anything is bad. This sucks.
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This is truely a sad time for paintball... while the NPPL wasn't perfect by a long shot it had the right values for safety and conduct. Unfortuneatly the decline was visable... from what I observed at Jax this year vs. Tampa 07 you just knew it wasn't working. I will say this til I'm blue in the face: I hate PSP. Living in Orlando and attending World Cup lets me see exactly what is wrong with our sport. I could go on and on there... so I'll just point out the issue I take with PSP most of all: sideline coaching. There's no integrity left in the contest when it is practiced and understood that its easier to allow organized/systematic cheating than it is to outlaw it and enforce rules which uphold the sports integrity. Quite simply THE NOISE sucks. In talking with many referees this past time round I found that on the whole they despise coaching.
For the players of the leagues... I dunno, I'm not a tournament player so I can't speak on their behalf. I know the X-Ball format is exciting for many, and if it were run right I would look upon it favorably. The scoring format isn't that bad... it's the rules and values that are absent that make me resent PSP. The format better serves the A.D.D. generation and leaves people with an attention span and a thinking conscience wanting. As someone who loves the sport of paintball as I know it I am deeply saddened that I feel I know it less and less these days.
The future is uncertain. I'd like to have optimism, but I don't see a pennies on the dollar power grab as fortunate circumstances for us... the rich are going to get richer, and only if it suits their interests will they give a crap about ours.Comment
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Originally posted by mixwell2
Its fitting that what they originally formed for killed them."The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"
Alway Remember *343*
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