correct me if I am wrong, ...
The NPPL Super/Pure Promotions people invested ideas, great management and a lot of money to create a successful league. They started out with a bang at Huntington Beach and within two seasons they were selling out their tournaments almost instantly. They quickly got the backing of key sponsors and some teams that preferred their way of doing things.
On the other hand PSP continued to grow their own way with X Ball and NXL as their flagship. NXL believed so strongly in the knight in shining armor of a big TV deal that they perhaps put the cart before the horse. Based on the TV hope some wrong decisions were made (in retrospect) about team/player contracts, exclusivity, where teams could play, etc.
Meanwhile there were growth spurts that helped fuel NPPL's and PSP's success as well as bring more revenue into league sponsorships and vendor deals.
As NXL starting suffering from some of their bad decisions and NXL teams started going to play Super 7s most of PSP's owners started investing in NPPL deals. This, I believe, became the fraternal embrace that perhaps has begun to smother NPPL.
Now that growth has drastically slowed pace there are fewer dollars and some cut-backs are in order. It looks to me that PSP already was running a leaner machine than NPPL but stands prepared to sharpen up their management even further and deal with some of the weaknesses they've had. NPPL, in their pursuit of excellence, necessarily is more top-heavy and lavish. Simply put, my guess is that NPPL has stuck their necks out more and are more dependent both on the continued growth AND the revenue streams of all their vendor-sponsors.
Therefore I believe NPPL is more in need of PSP and their owners than vice versa.
Could be wrong though.
My dear Ulf, I think it might be like this:
The NPPL Super/Pure Promotions people invested ideas, great management and a lot of money to create a successful league. They started out with a bang at Huntington Beach and within two seasons they were selling out their tournaments almost instantly. They quickly got the backing of key sponsors and some teams that preferred their way of doing things.
On the other hand PSP continued to grow their own way with X Ball and NXL as their flagship. NXL believed so strongly in the knight in shining armor of a big TV deal that they perhaps put the cart before the horse. Based on the TV hope some wrong decisions were made (in retrospect) about team/player contracts, exclusivity, where teams could play, etc.
Meanwhile there were growth spurts that helped fuel NPPL's and PSP's success as well as bring more revenue into league sponsorships and vendor deals.
As NXL starting suffering from some of their bad decisions and NXL teams started going to play Super 7s most of PSP's owners started investing in NPPL deals. This, I believe, became the fraternal embrace that perhaps has begun to smother NPPL.
Now that growth has drastically slowed pace there are fewer dollars and some cut-backs are in order. It looks to me that PSP already was running a leaner machine than NPPL but stands prepared to sharpen up their management even further and deal with some of the weaknesses they've had. NPPL, in their pursuit of excellence, necessarily is more top-heavy and lavish. Simply put, my guess is that NPPL has stuck their necks out more and are more dependent both on the continued growth AND the revenue streams of all their vendor-sponsors.
Therefore I believe NPPL is more in need of PSP and their owners than vice versa.
Could be wrong though.
