The Rumour Mill

[Tony Harrison]

KEE to acquire JT?

True that.

 

[Tony Harrison]

The Tuesday Rumour Mill

A wise friend of mine is of the opinion that DYE's recent signing of Infamath is not simply a matter of DYE sponsoring another team, but rather a case of their investing in an individual with a proven track record of building a successful team, in the face of repeated roster changes.

I agree with him, and I think that DYE began this process with their signing of Oliver Lang.

Anyone else care to comment?

 

[Dusty]

now more than ever paintball is a business, whereas in years gone by top level teams were sponsored by company's where they had friends/team mates working/personal involvements but that was never going to generate enough of a return to warrant the investment that the big companies were making.

Dynasty went from a team to a brand, now they are with Eclipse, Ledz is gonna sell gazillions of Dynasty shooters.

Dye with Ollie Lang, the player Brand who now has a signature marker and a massive money contract because Ollie Lang sells ****. Listen to the guy, he seriously needs to work on his presentation skills on video, but as a player? what kid who paintballs doesn't want to be Ollie lang?

It's all about the number crunching, and the numbers will be made to make sense one way or another.

 

[Robbo]

A wise friend of mine is of the opinion that DYE's recent signing of Infamath is not simply a matter of DYE sponsoring another team, but rather a case of their investing in an individual with a proven track record of building a successful team, in the face of repeated roster changes.

I agree with him, and I think that DYE began this process with their signing of Oliver Lang.

Anyone else care to comment?

I think most company's policy of sponsorship has come under the financial microscope of late and these policies have all undergone radical rewrites as a consequence.
There is though a common denominator when it comes to Dave Youngblood's [owner of Dye] philosophy of sponsorship; Dave prefers to deal with people he likes and is extremely loyal to those select few he shows this preference to.

When Ollie Lang was at his height with Dynasty, nobody really ever considered there might be a Dynasty without Ollie Lang; well nobody that is, except Dave YB.
Dave had been friends with Ollie ever since Ollie's early days in paintball with the IronKids [Ironmen's little brother squad] and so, the departure of Ollie was felt by Dave and Ollie as a natural evolution to Ollie's paintball career, and career it most certainly was with a hundred thousand dollar attachment.
Ollie and paintball had basically come of age; I wrote an article about Ollie's departure because there was a lot of criticism being directed toward him, accusing him of disloyalty and deceit but the truth of the matter was somewhat more professional than that.
In fact, this departure heralded a new era for paintball because players realised [or at least thought they did] how much they might be able to cleave from their sponsors.
This was the dawn of a new era sometimes referred to as 'The Nut-farm Years' where pros, ams and first time players all believed they were ENTITLED to ridiculous levels of sponsorship.
This new recessive era we have entered has decimated that delusional thinking and has plopped everybody [inc companies] right back on their ass.

Dave puts his belief in people, usually friends of his and so it comes as no surprise he has done this.
All the big teams have now had their sponsorship portfolio slashed to pieces and the middle order pro teams are the ones worst hit with some of them scratching around with cap in hand for paint deals; it's an embarrassing sight for sure.

All the sponsorship rules and protocols have undergone a drastic overhaul of late and so you can expect to witness some bizarre practices and deals.
It sure is a different era now and I'm not sure the majority of top teams are mentally equipped to deal with it; the contraction will go on for at least another year and so let's see what the PSP starts and ends with to guage the real effect of this new era we find ourselves in.

 

[Baca Loco]

A wise friend of mine is of the opinion that DYE's recent signing of Infamath is not simply a matter of DYE sponsoring another team, but rather a case of their investing in an individual with a proven track record of building a successful team, in the face of repeated roster changes.

Anyone else care to comment?

Except the deal was specifically NOT with Infamous.

 

[Bambulus]

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Highlights:

Ollie speaks French that is actually Italian
Couple of people have kids
Federov back to Russian Legion
Adam Gardner becomes sideline coach for the Ironmen

 

[Robbo]

Paul, you still on same phone number?

 

[Baca Loco]

Paul, you still on same phone number?

Yep

 

[Robbo]

Yep

I called at 3.50 your time mate.
I will try again later hopefully.

 

[Tony Harrison]

With Tommy retiring, who will fill his spot on Nexus?