Paintball Bad Press (Gaelic Footballer loss of eye)

[oobermybeer]

Donegal wing-back Paddy McConigley has been told he will not regain vision in the eye he damaged in a freak paintballing accident in July.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7092358.stm

yikes keep safe guys, guessing he was a punter>?

 

[Kevin]

atleast they said it was a 'freak' accident.
dont seem to be blaming the game for it.

 

[oobermybeer]

yeh, dont want to jump to conclutions but the only way you get shot in the eye is your own stupidity or major negligence

 

[RainbowShooter]

Could have been knocked off, strange they don't mention paintball again in the news article.

 

[Bryan leaver]

as he most probly said it was his own fault

 

[oobermybeer]

yeh, i guess it was either his fault or some thing so they cant really attack pb

 

[SwissTony]

Cant find any info anywhere that tells of the actual accident itself.
He may have just face planted when running through a woods or ran into a tree, who knows.

 

[Jonny 03]

Sounds like a total load of BS of the highest order.

No mention of how the freak accident occured. You wanna know my opinion... Obviously completely alleged and in no way based on fact... it wasnt a paintball injury at all. Probably up to no good doing something he shouldnt of (i.e. getting into fights and getting punched in the eye) and in the fear of bad press decides to resurrect that Biker Grove episode he once saw... "Oh yeah, they lost their vision on that... I know, I'll just say I was paintballing".

Of course I might be wrong but it just doesnt weigh up straight as far as I'm concerned. And in the event it was indeed paintball, someone is an excellent shot with a tippmann and hes a complete twonk for taking his gogs off in the first place.

 

[trakkerboy]

Sounds like a total load of BS of the highest order.

No mention of how the freak accident occured. You wanna know my opinion... Obviously completely alleged and in no way based on fact... it wasnt a paintball injury at all. Probably up to no good doing something he shouldnt of (i.e. getting into fights and getting punched in the eye) and in the fear of bad press decides to resurrect that Biker Grove episode he once saw... "Oh yeah, they lost their vision on that... I know, I'll just say I was paintballing".

Of course I might be wrong but it just doesnt weigh up straight as far as I'm concerned. And in the event it was indeed paintball, someone is an excellent shot with a tippmann and hes a complete twonk for taking his gogs off in the first place.

word

 

[Dark Stranger]

Sounds like a total load of BS of the highest order.

No mention of how the freak accident occured. You wanna know my opinion... Obviously completely alleged and in no way based on fact... it wasnt a paintball injury at all. Probably up to no good doing something he shouldnt of (i.e. getting into fights and getting punched in the eye) and in the fear of bad press decides to resurrect that Biker Grove episode he once saw... "Oh yeah, they lost their vision on that... I know, I'll just say I was paintballing".

Of course I might be wrong but it just doesnt weigh up straight as far as I'm concerned. And in the event it was indeed paintball, someone is an excellent shot with a tippmann and hes a complete twonk for taking his gogs off in the first place.