Sports Illustrated still not a fan of Paintball

[duffistuta]

Some salient points though.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/steve_hofstetter/06/12/standup.guy/index.html

 

[Rosie]

Since when have we listened to the opinion of a ginger person?


Yeah some salient points but he's incredibly biased!

Is this what everyone thinks when they watch it?
hope not

 

[Dskize]

love the inset photo.. maybe a bit more research required

 

[duffistuta]

Since when have we listened to the opinion of a ginger person?


Yeah some salient points but he's incredibly biased!

Is this what everyone thinks when they watch it?
hope not

Biased? He's simply stating his opinion. He likes Paintball, accepts it as a sport and thinks watching it on TV is dull...I wouldn't argue with him.

 

[Jon S]

ESPN should just get the crew from one4one to do it for them.

Didn't really think the article was biased, Rosie. The guy says several times paintball is fun to play, just not so great to watch, and does seem to respect it as a sport...it could be much worse! Aside from the points he brings up (small fast balls, people getting shot is bit anti-climatic) there's the matter of having upto 7 simultaneous engagements happening at the same time which is too much to make sense of.

 

[Rosie]

ESPN should just get the crew from one4one to do it for them.

definitely

 

[Fish]

love the inset photo.. maybe a bit more research required

yesh, it shows theyre writing for an audience that blatently know nothing about the sport... so they can relate to it

 

[Beaker]

I think he's pretty straight up and makes sense.

Also, perhaps the dull games at Miami that every complained about are actualyl showing through on TV now, and no amount of editing is hiding the fact.

 

[Mario]

SI speak the truth.

 

[Buddha 3]

Yup. The man is right.
Any idea how hard it is to get footage that is actually interesting to the outside world? I do...