Time for UK ballers to Act?
- Thread starter Syd (NSPL)
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Thinking out of the box!
Increasing PB in the media.
In that case why doesnt an event organiser invite 'lads mags' such as FHM, Nuts, Zoo, etc to an event. Supply them with equipment and put them into a lower division and surely there could be some cheap publicity going on because of that.
Especially if the likes of Zoo beat market rivals Nuts, etc. They are more than certainly going to publish and boast about such a result.
They could be given info like 4th popular Xsport in USA, how many millions of paintballs sold per year, UK's paintballing industry and so on; which is more than enough for an article. Afterall most of these mags are pictures and from the bollocks they contain; it is evident they need material to publish.
Increasing PB in the media.
In that case why doesnt an event organiser invite 'lads mags' such as FHM, Nuts, Zoo, etc to an event. Supply them with equipment and put them into a lower division and surely there could be some cheap publicity going on because of that.
Especially if the likes of Zoo beat market rivals Nuts, etc. They are more than certainly going to publish and boast about such a result.
They could be given info like 4th popular Xsport in USA, how many millions of paintballs sold per year, UK's paintballing industry and so on; which is more than enough for an article. Afterall most of these mags are pictures and from the bollocks they contain; it is evident they need material to publish.
Paintball in the Olympics = You've got to be kidding me.
Paintball would do much better pushing to get added into the X-Games, where it actually has a serious chance of getting decent media exposure. If paintball was in the the Olympics, alongside all the other random minority sports that are already included like 10 metre airpistol shooting, it would end up just like them. Ever seen 10 metre air pistol shooting on TV? Ever wanted to see it on TV? Me neither.
X-Games are the way forward if you ask me.
Paintball would do much better pushing to get added into the X-Games, where it actually has a serious chance of getting decent media exposure. If paintball was in the the Olympics, alongside all the other random minority sports that are already included like 10 metre airpistol shooting, it would end up just like them. Ever seen 10 metre air pistol shooting on TV? Ever wanted to see it on TV? Me neither.
X-Games are the way forward if you ask me.
The one word ive heard alot today about the olympics is "modenisation (sp)". All i think is with this modenisation why not chuck some of the crap out of the olympics or cut down the variations of a single sport and chuck in a few fresh sports. As has been said many a times buy the likes of robbo and respected faces paintball isnt yet a sport although we all think of it as one and most of us call it one. BUT this could be a great opportunity to bring it up to that level especially for us brits. I dont see it working as it stands now, but a few changes and a bit of out of the box thinking could resolve this.
OK OK i agree pb in the X-games and other events like it would do the sport a lot more within its current nieche market BUT the x-games gets its popularity form skating, bmx and skateboarding just by adding paintball doesnt mean those fans will start paintballing instead 1.) the cost involved 2.) they already have there grounding in skating bmx etc.
I dont know all or pretty much any of the answers here but i do think its a definate opportunity that wont cost the paintball comunity much to explore, so less of the negativity people and give it a crack!
OK OK i agree pb in the X-games and other events like it would do the sport a lot more within its current nieche market BUT the x-games gets its popularity form skating, bmx and skateboarding just by adding paintball doesnt mean those fans will start paintballing instead 1.) the cost involved 2.) they already have there grounding in skating bmx etc.
I dont know all or pretty much any of the answers here but i do think its a definate opportunity that wont cost the paintball comunity much to explore, so less of the negativity people and give it a crack!
Meanwhile- beneath the clouds.... ramping is washing out any cognitive skill in terms of trigger walking+moving....
....and more and more barricades are being added to fields so paintball 'athletes' can now... walk.. from barricade to barricade and play a glorified game of 'hide n seek' instead of having to put in the physical conditioning, timing and skill needed to actually make a risky move... Suure, Olympics here we come!
Olympic athletes dedicate whole lifestyles around becoming a winning machine- dietary, training, physical conditioning, sports psychologists etc etc.......Paintball has few players, let alone whole teams, who can claim the kind of dedication that would justify deserving to compete in the Olympics.
The Olympics is for athletes, not for kebab munching, pork fat chewing, larger slurping part-timers.
For paintball to be an Olympic game it needs the athletes before anything else...then theres the whole complications with rules/enforcement and format bs..
Give it a crack? More like give up the crack...
....and more and more barricades are being added to fields so paintball 'athletes' can now... walk.. from barricade to barricade and play a glorified game of 'hide n seek' instead of having to put in the physical conditioning, timing and skill needed to actually make a risky move... Suure, Olympics here we come!
Olympic athletes dedicate whole lifestyles around becoming a winning machine- dietary, training, physical conditioning, sports psychologists etc etc.......Paintball has few players, let alone whole teams, who can claim the kind of dedication that would justify deserving to compete in the Olympics.
The Olympics is for athletes, not for kebab munching, pork fat chewing, larger slurping part-timers.
For paintball to be an Olympic game it needs the athletes before anything else...then theres the whole complications with rules/enforcement and format bs..
Give it a crack? More like give up the crack...
i agree with the x games idea that was mentioned earlyer, its a positive way forward for paintball i cant see paintballing ever being a olympic event, not trying to be negitive but you dont see skating or bmx in the olympics and at the moment ther both way bigger than paintballing. the x games could provide a perfect chance for paintball to been seen on the box. and in my opion would fit in well with the current events that the x games holds. i rekon forget the olympics and push for our paintballing on the x games
OK, first of all, I did not suggest that we should aim for getting paintball as an Olympic sport, but as an Exhibition Sport or perhaps a recognised sport. These are all different things. Second, whilst the Olympics have introduced a cap on the number of sports, events, competitors, etc, they are not trying to reduce the number of sports. The deal is, for a new sport to become an Olympic Sport, an old one would have to be dropped. But that's beside the point as I'm not suggesting we try for that.
So, before these discussions go any further, can I state clearly and simply for everyone that I AM NOT SUGGESTING WE TRY TO GET PAINTBALL AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT!!!
And can we drop the damn negativity please.
Saying that, there's some good stuff being suggested in this thread already. I like the ideas about the lads mags and the X Games in particular. These are the suggestions I am looking for - contributions from the players. But why not underpin all of this with an ultimate objective of developing the sport, the infrastructure, the format, the rules, and the organisation to come as close as we can to the Olympic Ideals and then Exhibit paintball at its highest level at the 2012 Olympics. All these ideas can be part of that journey. So, for instance, part of the plan could be to get paintball into the X-Games by 2008 and have a lads mags team cover the progress from today's format to that one.
At the moment this is all ideas. Have I got my head in the clouds? I'd like to think not. Perhaps I'm not communicating my ideas very well, or perhaps certain people can't read, but I'm not suggesting anything that can't be realistically achieved.
What I am suggesting is that we tournament organisers get together, you players provide the ideas, and we put together a six year plan using the 2012 London Games as the underpinning drive for the whole thing. Then a Task Group is put together from individuals who want to drive this thing forward, the plan is fleshed out, presented to the paintballing community and we all work together to make sure it happens.
Is that really a pipe dream?
The first step is to get paintball recognised by the public, and moved away from the idea of Rambo wannabes and Sunday warriors.
Paintball seemed to be going in the right direction for this a year back, with the m25 sires being at local venues that would attract outside spectators and campaign cup being at crystal palace( though c cup is back on track this year from what i have been told), but now tourneys have moved into the sticks/back ally venues which the players can hardly find let alone the public.
Though nomadic series are not cost effective they are the only way to increase outsider input and therefore interest from x games and other extreme sports festivals, Maybe if the event organisers clubbed together and created there own extreme sports events this would increase interest?
The ideas are not difficult it’s the same as running any event/ from a promotion night at the drink night club to a music festival, it just costs increases costs and reduces profit.
Paintball seemed to be going in the right direction for this a year back, with the m25 sires being at local venues that would attract outside spectators and campaign cup being at crystal palace( though c cup is back on track this year from what i have been told), but now tourneys have moved into the sticks/back ally venues which the players can hardly find let alone the public.
Though nomadic series are not cost effective they are the only way to increase outsider input and therefore interest from x games and other extreme sports festivals, Maybe if the event organisers clubbed together and created there own extreme sports events this would increase interest?
The ideas are not difficult it’s the same as running any event/ from a promotion night at the drink night club to a music festival, it just costs increases costs and reduces profit.
It's all good the sport getting reconised but what if it goes proper mainstream and ends up like football and ends ups with a load of fights after games are played, i personaly wouldn't want our sport associated with a bunch of wanabees kickin the c**p out of eachother after every game. just another thought to put forward.
Cheers
Liam
Cheers
Liam