While we were gone...

[Baca Loco]

Did anybody see the "official" announcement of Billy Gardner acquiring Miami Effect? One of the better laughs I've had in a long time. I'll scrounge it up and re-post it when I get a chance unless somebody beats me to it--hint, hint. What's next? Maybe the brothers G's Papa will buy out Oakland.
Anyway, the quotes are priceless. Billy reminding us what a valuable 'Hollywood property' an NXL franchise is while Rowdy expresses his great pleasure at the prospect of the rest of Miami's season coaching his unnamed roster to continuing success. It's hilarious.

 

[TJ Lambini]

All you gotta do is ask...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>May 26, 2004
>
>Team Miami Effect
>www.miamieffect.com
>
>William Gardner, Jr. publicly announces the purchase of the NXL Franchise,
>Miami Effect from Richmond Italia.
>
>Mr. Italia has made it clear from the beginning that the team has always
>been for sale. During the formation of the League, Richmond assumed
>ownership of Miami Effect to expedite the start of league play. (Owning a
>team as well as owning the League is a conflict under NXL rules.) The other
>team owners relaxed this rule to eliminate any delays in launching the
>league. Now that the NXL is poised to appear on television, Richmond
>thought
>it wise to resolve the conflict with his ownership of the League.
>
>Mr. Gardner becomes the new owner of the Miami Effect franchise, having
>sold
>his interest in the Philadelphia Americans to his brother, Adam Gardner.
>Bill added, "I am very pleased with success of the NXL both as a premier
>paintball league as well as a valuable Hollywood property. Getting the
>opportunity to invest in my own team was an easy decision."
>
>Leading the franchise into it's future is newly appointed Head Coach, and
>former professional paintball player, Rowdy Macdonald. In light of the
>current players choosing to leave the league in order to pursue other
>professional tournament opportunities, Mr. Macdonald will be responsible
>for
>rebuilding the team. Rowdy added, "I am looking forward to the PSP Chicago
>series of games and continuing the success the team has achieved to this
>point in the season."
>

 

[rancid]

Can you have two brothers, two mds of the same company owning two separate franchises? Would that be allowed in football over there?

 

[KillerOnion]

Uhm, ok...what purpose will owning Miami Effect have, just to refresh my memory? NXL is making about as much money as my efforts to recycle used sneaker soles into luxury mattresses. Valuable Hollywood property? Yeah, whenever paintball is in non paintball magazines and prime time (i.e. people actually watch them instead of Friends or Law and Order) TV shows, which these folks have had two decades to do and haven't made one inch worth of progress towards. Dipsticks.

 

[mikeyR]

I wonder how much he sold Philly for:

"I'll give you a dollar for it?"

"No"

"I'll give you a dollar for it and do all your chores round the house?"

"OK!"



Surely, if Philly play Miami thats got to be a conflict of interest? Could there not be a situation where one team needs to win to seal a big prize and the other team rolls over?

It don't smell right to me.