Starting up a team

[KenNy G]

I know most of you have been playing paintball for awhile now and I know some of you play rec and some play on teams. I myself am interested in starting a team. Could i get some feedback from peeps on a team about how they got started? Like how did you recruit members and more importantly how did you get sponsered? Thanx a million.

(sorry about the double posting)

[KenNy G]

noone has anything to add?

[zyuccinidude]

Team member

I am a friend of this person and we are trying tostart a team. We have everything but the moola to practice on a regular basis. We are decent players but we were just wondering what steps we needed to take to get sponsored. Thanks for any responses we get.

[LawFox32]

I don't have much information to tell and help you out but I can say its pretty hard for a start up team to get sponsorship; try getting something through your parents work;

well good luck

[Jonno06]

why dont you just join a team that is already made and has sponsorships and all..thats what i am trying to do.

[KenNy G]

there are no teams for us to join in our immediate area that i know about thats why we are trying to start one

[zyuccinidude]

Yeah there only four or five teams in our area and we have already asked around. Making a team is what was suggested by 4 out of the five team captains.

[shartley]

[zyuccinidude]

We have sent out e-mils to local companies and things of that nature. We have had some promising replies. They have just asked for some more information on paintball and its rules. What do you think our approach should be on our return letters?

[Load SM5]

Explain to them what paintball is and outline what your goals would be as a team and how you would represent them in a positive light.

[shartley]

Originally posted by zyuccinidude
We have sent out e-mils to local companies and things of that nature. We have had some promising replies. They have just asked for some more information on paintball and its rules. What do you think our approach should be on our return letters?

[shartley]

And you may want to read these threads covering various sponsorship issues.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38856

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26279

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24289

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12907

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11809

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2065

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1501

[zyuccinidude]

Thank you this info will be very helpful.

[zyuccinidude]

you are so lame what kind of ? is that?
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[puckmaster]

Another way you could get sponsorship is to go to your local field, you and your team, and help out(ref games, clean up, etc.) When they find out how reliable you guys are, they might start giving you guys discounts, and even sponsorship. It took our team about 1 year to establish the trust from our local field for them to sponsor us.