NXL talk about a suprise!

[adt501]

9 NXL teams

Chicago Aftershock - DM4
New York Xtreme - DM4
Baltimore Trauma - DM4
Los Angeles Ironmen - DM4
San Diego Legacy - DM4
Oakland Assassins - Intimidators
Phildelphia Americans - Shockers/Nerves
Miami Effect - Shockers/Nerves
Detroit Strange - Shockers

there you have it. looks like the DM4 is the most widely used. even though i dont like the shocker, Strange is one of my favorite teams, has been since they played AMs. guns dont make a team. it just so happened to SP teams made finals

[B.A.M.]

i read an artical that one team might leave the nxl and a boston based team might take there place which would be awsome

[tony3]

i couldnt imagine trauma leaving, since they are one of the closest to baltimore. They still as a team have never entered a NPPL event. Philly, I doubt would leave. That would put philly and dynasty playing in the same leagues, not good for publicity.

[adt501]

there have been rumors all year that teams would leave. every time i hear a rumor, its always aftershock leaving, but Rennick has an investment in xball, and i dont think hes going to pull out just yet

the original miami effect, if anyone didnt know, was the team headed up by chris lasoya and all of the ex avalanche players. they quit and played super sevens, which they are doing a lot better at

smart parts bought the team out. nxl rules say a company can own only 1 team. richmond italia owned the original miami effect, but he technically owns xball. it was a conflict of interest. however, it became even a bigger conflict when he sold the rights to the team.

smart parts owns the Philidelphia Americans. when Richmond wanted to sell, the gardners wanted to buy. to get around the rules, they did this. billy sold his rights of the ownership of the philly americans to his brother adam, so adam totally owns the philly americans. billy gardner then bought the miami effect franchise.

its funny. i was reading a recent interview with lasoya in the new issue of faceful. he stated emphatically that he would never play for the gardners or for smart parts.

i have an idea

im gonna be flamed for this, but.....Airgun should buy a NXL franchise. im serious. put a pro team on the field shooting pneu assist mechanical guns. market the guns correctly. throw out the word "mag" if you want. is it hype? yes. but all marketing is hype. TK once asked if you had a million dollars to invest in paintball, would you do it? an NXL franchise is a hell of lot cheaper then a million. and if the ESPN deal goes through, those teams will be on tv.

for the people that hate tourny ball or think tourny ball has a bad rep (it does), i pose this. if AGD owned a team such as the one i described, they could set the rules of conduct for that team. if you wipe, your off the team, etc. how well would the team do if it didnt wipe, etc? maybe not well, but it would still be out there promoting two things: AGDs guns, and sportsmen ship, two things paintball needs.

AGD could still build scenario markers to its hearts content, and have a professional team that could market its products to tourney players. the best of both worlds. id drink to that, and i will

[wispaintstyle]

Go Strange

[ilikePB]

for the people that hate tourny ball or think tourny ball has a bad rep (it does), i pose this. if AGD owned a team such as the one i described, they could set the rules of conduct for that team. if you wipe, your off the team, etc. how well would the team do if it didnt wipe, etc? maybe not well, but it would still be out there promoting two things: AGDs guns, and sportsmen ship, two things paintball needs.

Well, although not in the NXL, Russian Legion is known for playing fair and they do awesome, of course practicing 5 days a week might help. They almost took first, they played Dynasty for it. A lot of skill and very good sportsmanship. Sounds kinda like a team AGD would put together. It sounds like a decent idea. Although, i'm not sure how much longer the NXL will be around if they don't get their act together. Not a bad idea to think about for sure.

[ilikePB]

Go Strange

Philly won it today man.

[mcdkid]

yea... people ignore me. lol

[gc82000]

To adt501 thank you for the correction.

[SundayPaintball]

Still for being the NXL, the "pro" leagues, you never get any info on it like we should. Read my article on the The End of the NXL. Here is the link.............

http://www.pbtown.com/id18.htm

[adt501]

sunday, to answer one of your questions in the article....

the new miami effect is the amateur All Americans (All As 2)
their coach is former Philly Americans player Rody McDowell
they were a decent amateur team

i slightley disagree with your article. their has been a huge amount of xball coverage, even now. the slightest changes made are published in magazines and in internet sites.

xball is still a pipe dream, but it may still bear fruit. even if it becomes a regular fixture on some tv station (ESPN 2 will be airing World Cup, as well as episodes for a new show featuring games) the non paintballing public may not like or understand what they are watching

richmond italia's original concept was a form of paintball that could be shown on tv and a non playing viewer could understand it. thats his words.

the problem i have with xball is the fact that there are only nine teams playing. three of those teams only started playing xball this year. i like the idea of having franchises, but the money just isnt there yet

paintball isnt there yet, period. im not talking about the bad sportsmanship, people seem to like that. its about cheating guns that shoot twenty a second. its about the rule changes every month. its about companys owning not only the teams but the tournament series they play under.

if you think about it, the NXL is owned by 3 companys: National, Smart Parts and DYE. although this sounds strange that a whole tournament series is owned by only three companies, think of the NPPL. who really owns and runs the NPPL? one company, Pure Promotions. and who, ladies and gentlemen, owns and operates Pure Promotions??? WDP

i think xball may have more of a chance then nppl. we shall see

[SundayPaintball]

Well my article is made to raise questions.

I could not find scores or anything from games at any of the events until magazines briefly talked about them 3 months later in their magazines.

Compared to other teams you don't know scores or anything.

I like your thoughts though. Thanks for them.

[adt501]

true, i never see scores until much later. it seems that magazines and internet are more concerned with who did what, or whos leaving who, or who got what sponsorship, or who ***** slapped a ref. go figure

[adt501]

another thing to think about...

your clothing line is all about the winners circle on sundays. i like that

xball dosent have that. every tourny, an xball team plays 3 or 4 games tops, and it dosent mean anything until the end of the season

in other tournament series (NPPL, Millenium, etc) you have that week long struggle through the semis, and the best play on sundays to see who is the best team. i like that

regarding that same chris lasoya interview i talked about earlier, he mentioned that he missed that feeling of making it to sunday, that xball was a bunch of meaningless games against the same teams

but if you look at other sports, they are not played the same way. its not like the NFL has 5 or 6 tournaments a year to see whos the best. games are played througout the year

maybe xball is paintballs evolution

[Head knight of Ni]

Well, although not in the NXL, Russian Legion is known for playing fair and they do awesome, of course practicing 5 days a week might help. They almost took first, they played Dynasty for it. A lot of skill and very good sportsmanship. Sounds kinda like a team AGD would put together. It sounds like a decent idea. Although, i'm not sure how much longer the NXL will be around if they don't get their act together. Not a bad idea to think about for sure.

You've got it right. The NXL finals weren't near as fun to watch as the Infamous vs RL game to get to the finals.