Miami Effect quits the NXL

[EZbunker]

Richmond said in Facefull - referring to the players:

Do we need them? No.

Do we want them to be there because they deserve to be there? Yes. So our first choice by far is to give them what they deserve, because they helped us build this sport. If we don’t give them the chance, then we’re wrong. But if we give them the chance, and we tell them to have patience for a year, tell them that there is something big coming,

and they can’t wait a year? That’s their own folly…

is it folly to listen to the endless promises while their prime years waste away? is it folly to demand more $$$ when those very same players have a good idea of how much franchises are bought and sold for?...how much television/advertising rights will be?

is it folly to assume that they (the players) have no guarantees that they will be in it at the payoff?

Business men make money. Real business men make business decisions devoid of personal attachements; promises not written down are promises not kept and it is obviously in the best interests of the business men involved to make as much money as possible while paying out as little as possible.

Who costs more - the paintball star who KNOWS he's worth 150k per year, or the pretty-boy wannabe actor who gets a shot at a national audience?

Paintball business promises are written in paintball ink - its REAL easy to wipe.

 

[Rabies]

Originally posted by knobbs
Interesting idea. Now that Dynasty is a corporation with each of the core members holding stock in the team (at least as I understand it) it doesn't make a difference who wins the money, so they could have the NXL team securing a foothold if and when the TV deal goes off and the 7-man/Divisional squad making money to finance the team. Any profits are split among the shareholders according to the shares they hold, so just because the players on the NXL team are not bringing in money doesn't mean they aren't making it because they are invested in the possible future of the team.

Interesting.

I hadn't thought anything like that deeply into it; I must admit I was thinking on the level of a bunch of kids who just want to play ball. But when you approach it in that sense, it is interesting indeed, and Dynasty is one of the only teams that could put itself in a position to work (and fund itself) that way.

Assuming it happens to fit in with Adam and Billy's plans as well, that is

 

[Philip Given]

I have to say I feel very strongly Dynasty has nothing to do with this as they feel very strongly against the NXL.

Though I thought they were loyal to WDP too...

 

[Rabies]

Originally posted by Philip Given
I have to say I feel very strongly Dynasty has nothing to do with this as they feel very strongly against the NXL.

Once again -- as paintballers, or as businessmen (or at least as "employees" of a team, trying to bring home an honest income)?

Sometimes, you've got to compromise your principles to get where you want...

 

[Intheno]

WHAT ABOUT THE BIGGER POWER STRUGGLE IN THIS PICTURE, DO WE ALL THINK THIS IS ABOUT 'US THE PLAYERS'?
Would Miami switch camps without the full backing of thier sponsors?
Would these top Pro players keep switching if the NXL was 'all that', and they were secure in the knowledge that they would get 'phat cash'.
Can we drag out some of those quotes made at the time the DC productions deal was signed? I wouldn't mind reading those again...

 

[Philip Given]

Originally posted by Rabies
Once again -- as paintballers, or as businessmen (or at least as "employees" of a team, trying to bring home an honest income)?

Sometimes, you've got to compromise your principles to get where you want...

Actually, as business men...theyve mentioned monetary reasons before.

 

[Intheno]

oh yeah, another question...

How long before the NXL becomes a league of kids who arn't that good but get to play for free (plus the AA's)?

Will everyone keep going on about it like it is the 'she-at' when you don't recognise a single players name, and all the 'Names' are in the NPPL (except for the AA's), which is going out on Nationwide TV, getting the big sponsors, and bringing in the crowds?

Did you hear that the Chicago PSP is going to be held at Rennick Millers Field again, like it was in the 'bad old days'. Is this totally acceptable to you NXL fans after last years superb Mayport venue? Does no-one else notice this stuff or what? And you punks are still hanging on every NXL word, are you completely brainwashed? Wake up and smell the coffee flavored excrement you are being fed. You are being played.

rant, rant, ramble, ramble, taunt, provoke, etc....

 

[Rabies]

Originally posted by Philip Given
Actually, as business men...theyve mentioned monetary reasons before.

Well maybe we're completely wrong here then, after all I'm only adding 2 and 2 together, and seeing where we end up.

But that does leave an over-populated Dynasty, and SP with a spare franchise, and I do hate to see loose ends not tied up in any story

 

[Rabies]

Originally posted by Intheno
And you punks are still hanging on every NXL word, are you completely brainwashed? Wake up and smell the coffee flavored excrement you are being fed. You are being played.

I object. Most of us couldn't care less about the paintball bit of the NXL, after all it's mostly a bunch of yank teams that we used to know the names of, before they changed them all.

So get off our backs -- this isn't paintball, this is soap opera

 

[Intheno]

I never really watched the soap opera's, always thought they were a waste of brain.
Sorry though, don't mean to 'get on your backs', just want to provoke something more in depth than "what are Dynasty doing?"
there is so much more to this than that. You are right that they are only allowed one franchise, so why have they allowed this to happen. Why wouldn't 'the Creator' want to keep the franchise anyway, or do you believe the press releases without question?

And why wouldn't you care about the paintball side of it?
sorry, am I getting on your back again?