US Ringers....? what do you think?

[NINJABALLA]

i know these threads are frequently been spoke about several times but....

i was at Campaign and Malaga this year so far, and i think everyone accepted that ringers are gunna be involved whether we like it or not and even i accepted it to the degree of at least 1 ringer ......BUT 3!!!!!

I witnessed Lisbon Benefica with Nicky Cuba, Marcello Margot, and Mikko H, seriously whats the point in making a team honestly ..? thats means that only 2 players from the team actually play!.
When more than half of your team is of one of the best teams in the world let alone not even playin in the top division, also SK moscow who had 2- X factor that won the event, it was pretty much X factor VS Ironmen in the SPL finals

Bullets have the usual Lang and Mr U which dont get my respect , Moscow Phoenix also having 3 Ringers too,

i wish the big US teams would just cross the pond and just play for their own team instead of making it harder for real teams that have their own players,

I have no beef with the US players beacuse they just want to play, i have beef with the captains that hire them to do most of the work for them

what do you think?

 

[Rider]

on one hand i have no problems with teams fielding who ever they like on their rosters.

on the other hand it would be nice to actually see the american teams represented as themselves.

i guess it may come down to affording event entry fees on both sides of the pond, as well as travel, etc.

which leads to the question - who foots the bill for the "guest" players?

 

[Luke W]

on the other hand it would be nice to actually see the american teams represented as themselves.

How?

Unless they play div 2 (and then you'd all be moaning about them sandbagging) they would have to buy a spot seen as the top 3 divisions are locked in the milleniums.

And who's going to pay for the entry, the spot from the other team, the travel/accommodation, the paint and everything else the team would need?

 

[spangley_special]

also dont forget that these divisions are locked so the yanks cant field whole teams, thatis unless the Ironmen wanna beat up on div2 teams

edit - luke beat me to it

 

[Rider]

i guess it may come down to affording event entry fees on both sides of the pond, as well as travel, etc.

there would need to be a way of allowing them into the top divs - as it would obviously be unfeasible to allow them to play lower.

how? not up to me is it......

 

[sumo89]

i think theyre good. They force Euro teams to play better to win, raising our level of play. You have to play against those better than you to improve And they keep the US pro's from going bankrupt.

 

[Luke W]

edit - luke beat me to it

 

[NINJABALLA]

dunno maybe millenium shud just open up Divisions to everyone who think they can win it even in CPL, i dunno

but whatever the case the roster locks were kinda here to stop all this but yet theres always loop holes so therefore just to play in any div with any team who is willing to pay for their paintball

 

[spangley_special]

maybe just get rid of all the locks and make it easier to get relegated?

 

[Scotty J M]

or they just go into div 2 and all the euro teams show them how you play it when you dont need to CHEAT to win

scotty