POLL: Should paintball be in the X-Games?

[psycoclown414]

well, i wouldn't mind having some people know how much paintballers love paintball... but a few of you guys had a point, whether it be describing it from kindergarden at toy time, to scooters. but i always wanted to see it on t.v if i couldn't be playing it myself.
and think of this... the X-games are only on mabye onece a year right? people still skateboard, inline and bike and thats on t.v all the time.
so this leaves me in the dark still, cuz i don't know if i would want it to be on t.v or not. again its all about the popularity of paintball. at my school, me and a few friends started playing it freshman year, but now its like every freshman plays it.. we're sophomores now. even though we can rock them, and have in some games, we wouldn't like to see the number of players increase by too many..

[JAM]

If paintball were allowed into the xGames, it would be stupid not to take that chance... See, some people see it as "selling out", but that's just stupid. being on TV, and opening up avenues to big sponsorships/etc that would/could bring lots of new people and money into the sport would be great. It might be bad for some fields and shops if new fields and shops opened, but only for the existing BAD places. competition is in general good. and it would be a cool opportunity for teams to get sponsorship from more mainstream companies- or other companies in other "x" sports- like Fox Racing. they are in the perfect position to add pball jerseys and pants and pads to their lineup.

anyway a little off topic, but the xgames-or something like them- would be good.

-j

[temps]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paintball is NOT EXTREME!!!

[bryceeden]

Originally posted by temps
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paintball is NOT EXTREME!!!

What would you classify it as? I think paintball belongs on the X-games, and I would bet that within 10 years(probably closer to 5) it will be.

[ntn4502]

Without a doubt it should, and would be one of the greatest jumps for mainstreaming the sport

[halB]

no.

first off creator or whoever manages the x games, and the owner of espn, hate paintball. also, the x games is a series of pseudo sports where points are based on subjectivity. skateboarding is on the same level as figure skating and coordinated swimming. to have paintball in there would be a degredation to our sport

[banzaimf]

ESPN will not carry tourney paintball until a certain someone who filed a lawsuit against them is not a MAJOR player in the PSP. Why should the bother if they have to deal with someone who they already have a rocky past with?

[ShowTime]

of course y not, its the perfect place to put it, i think by doing that the sport would drasticly increase in sizze

[psycoclown414]

if theres nothing as x-treme as paintball, then i don't know what is.. maybe rock climbing, or shooting each other with 45's while standing on the back of a moving motorcylce.. that might cut it.
been there done that.. me and ANTi have done many things.

[AlabamaMan]

When done right i think paintball can be a great spectator sport. X-ball seems to be something that brings the fans closer to the sport. It's fast paced, and easy for people to follow. The general public needs to know that paintball isn't just a bunch of hillbillies out in the woods, or little kids vandelizing the neighborhood. If paintball could be in the X-games i think it would show people that it is a sport. People need to see how safe paintball is, and i think national tv coverage would be the perfect stage.

I'm all for it.

[magzown3]

paintball in the X Games would be awesome!

[DiRTyBuNNy]

I'm sorry to tell all of the people out there but paintball in the X-Games is not all that it's cracked up to be. First and foremost, at this point, it's not going to happen. As Tom knows, and most people that were around back when it happened, Jerry Braun sued ESPN over the Paintball World Cup that was produced and aired on ESPN regarding breech of contract and a few other issues (I'm not a lawyer, and even if my friend who is one explained it to me; most of you still wouldn't get it) after which ESPN put paintball on it's black list as far as things you will not see on the network. There are a few other issues related to this situation that occured by I'm pulling a lot of this information from my own memory when the problems occured. You can watch Cheerleading, Log Sawing, Billiards and Fishing on ESPN but you will, at this point in time, never see paintball.
Secondly, I don't see why people see that paintball will get any benefits out of the deal. I for one am one of the few people that doesn't seem paintball as an "extreme" sport. I think that a network will open air paintball related programming if they think that they can get something out of the deal, either being produced by OUR industry so the network pays very little out of pocket or can get enough money from advertising to make it worth their while. It's simple economics at this point, nothing more and nothing less.
And my last point is that paintball itself is not ready to be taken to the next level. In the history of sports paintball is still very new and trying to feel out what kind of direction it's going to go as a sport. Until we, as players, start taking the game seriously and putting the time and effort into improving our game it's never going to happen. Bad reffing, rampant cheating and player egos are not going to help any. These are just a few of the issues that need to be ironed out before we can even be taken serious as a sport by people outside of the industry, including ESPN, Fox Sports or even the Outdoor Life Network.

[psycoclown414]

yea. everyone has good points. i just always like seeing custom pics and everything. but if theres just a little room left over for a sig, then a little is enough

[Santos]

If rock climbing can be in the x games paintball certainly should be.

[ogre55]

Originally posted by psycoclown414
if theres nothing as x-treme as paintball, then i don't know what is.. maybe rock climbing, or shooting each other with 45's while standing on the back of a moving motorcylce.. that might cut it.
been there done that.. me and ANTi have done many things.

I don't know about the rock climbing or the "shooting each other with 45's while standing on the back of a moving motorcylce", but paintball is hardly extreme.

When people think of extreme sports they think of sports where there is an above average chance of personal injury. The only chance someone playing our great game has a chance of hurting themselves badly is if they do something that is not within the rules, unlike in every other sport, where hurting yourself is almost par for the course.

Ogre