Warped Sportz will not be attending the World Cup
Got a press release in from them this morning from Warped. They say that they're not coming to the Cup because the PSP (read Jerry Braun) has taken the fun out of paintball with its ban on alchohol and 'lewd behavior'.
They've taken quite a stand on this one, this is Ed Poorman's statement: "We had some big things, some really cool things planned for this year. Seriously. We were looking at crazy stuff, like midgets and cage- dancers. We were even in talks about having a huge FREE concert featuring Unwritten Law. However, with the new policies regarding the zero tolerance ban for alcohol, even for those of age, and the ‘lewd behavior clause’ it just became far too much effort and too sticky. What’s lewd behavior? My mom thinks its women no wearing bras or bands that swear on stage.”
Dan Napoli added this: “Over the past several years, I think we’ve developed a pretty good reputation, along with WDP, for giving players and event goers something extra. Everything from the Heaven’s to the rock concerts to IAO, to tattoo artists and fire breathers. Just show up and sell stuff? That doesn’t seem very cool. For us, it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re giving the paintball scene anything back, or anything extra. We’d like to thing we are about more than just taking people’s money.”
So what is this? Warped Sportz making a stand for the forces of good (or evil) in Paintball? Or another clever publicity stunt from Paintball's best PR machine?
Can we believe Dan when he says that Warped are interested in giving something back to Paintballers rather than just taking people's money?
And you can bet there have been some interesting conversations with Jerry following WDP's performance at Campaign - after all he's got Disney to think about.
Got a press release in from them this morning from Warped. They say that they're not coming to the Cup because the PSP (read Jerry Braun) has taken the fun out of paintball with its ban on alchohol and 'lewd behavior'.
They've taken quite a stand on this one, this is Ed Poorman's statement: "We had some big things, some really cool things planned for this year. Seriously. We were looking at crazy stuff, like midgets and cage- dancers. We were even in talks about having a huge FREE concert featuring Unwritten Law. However, with the new policies regarding the zero tolerance ban for alcohol, even for those of age, and the ‘lewd behavior clause’ it just became far too much effort and too sticky. What’s lewd behavior? My mom thinks its women no wearing bras or bands that swear on stage.”
Dan Napoli added this: “Over the past several years, I think we’ve developed a pretty good reputation, along with WDP, for giving players and event goers something extra. Everything from the Heaven’s to the rock concerts to IAO, to tattoo artists and fire breathers. Just show up and sell stuff? That doesn’t seem very cool. For us, it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re giving the paintball scene anything back, or anything extra. We’d like to thing we are about more than just taking people’s money.”
So what is this? Warped Sportz making a stand for the forces of good (or evil) in Paintball? Or another clever publicity stunt from Paintball's best PR machine?
Can we believe Dan when he says that Warped are interested in giving something back to Paintballers rather than just taking people's money?
And you can bet there have been some interesting conversations with Jerry following WDP's performance at Campaign - after all he's got Disney to think about.
