xgames rejects paintball

[Vendetta]

What good has TV done for anything anyway? TV is evil. I should know, I'm an addict. All this talk about bringing the game/sport into the mainstream has been around for at least 15 years. Having more people play was suppose to bring the prices down because of volume. Paint prices have come down, but we now shoot so much more that that doesn't matter.

[ogre55]

I remember a discussion regarding big time sponsership, on a thread about a month ago, and what surprised me was for every AOer who was for big sponsers entering the sport, there was another one, who was dead set against it.

Ogre

[rabidchihauhau]

tv execs take things personally

Umm, Chris, they do. The VP of programming for ESPN, Ron Simeo, takes the paintball thing VERY personally. Last time we talked to him, it was to make a formal presentation of the USPL, and his response was 'get that paintball thing out of my office'; that was after a half hour of being very interested, but not having heard the word paintball yet.

He does take it personally; whether its more motivated by money, ego or something else, that I can't say, but he does take it personally.

[raehl]

Heh...

In that case he made a very wise decision. But that's a USPL conversation you don't want to get me started on.

Frankly, I'd be a wee bit upset if you'd managed to get all the way into my office and stay there for a half hour without mentioning that it was paintball you were trying to sell. Act like you need to hide something and people might believe you.

Of course, it may have had something to do with the fact that the whole USPL plan sucked too.

Erm, right, I'm not getting started on that.



- Chris

[Kneedragger]

Originally posted by RobAGD
Tom didnt you mean to say an Indrusty Midget ?

-Robert

ROTFLMFAO !! Are you referring to his stature, or his mental capacity.

[Kneedragger]

It's been a long time since I watched the X Games. Don't watch much TV. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there aren't any team sports in the X games are there? Why would they put paintball in, unless it's basically 1 on 1, which would be VERY boring.

[Automaggin2]

hers my take on the subject:

Jump ropping, thats a sport? BLACK JACK AND POKER, thats a sport? Cheerleading, thats a sport (i still argue that, the only thing good about it is the good lookin girls), arm wrestling, thats a sport?

thats al the BS that ESPN puts on the air. And what about bass fishing, does that have a set field? does that have a set officiating staff? does it have a set time limit? i dont belive so

[raehl]

You missed the point.

ESPN doesn't care if it's a "real" sport or not.

ESPN cares if it will make more money than other programming.

And in their estimation, all of the aformentioned activities will make more (or pay more) money than paintball.


- Chris

[irbodden]

Master ease-dropper IRBodden knows who sued..

Robbie Wong? Something like that