Every sport, has 'professional fouls' which are penalised as just that.
Accidental offences are 'fouls' and get one penalty.
Proffessional fouls are what we in paintball would call 'cheating' and get another penalty often/usually much harsher.
I see no reason why paintball would be any different to other major sports if we use this method of controlling our fouls.
Fighting is a whole nother issue which I would like to see completely stamped out. It's not proffessional under any set of terms in my book. Some 'fouls' can be.
Some players even become known for their professional fouling abilites (I'm thinking football here) and get watched closer by refs, and are loved/hated by fans depending on what side you are on. Sounds exactly like our good friend in Avalanche doesn't it now? (and no i'm not talking about Salm).
I've played quite a few sports, and some very seriously. I would play basketball taking into account what I could get away with and I did the same in rugby.
As a backrow player, if I could make a heavy tackle on the fly or scrum half I would, even if sometimes a smidgen
late. Sometime I got away with it, sometimes I was penalised and watched closely, do it again and get inserious trouble. As a player it was a choice I made knowing full well what the consequences would be. I played for Brighton, University, Warwickshire and the Midlands, so my choice to make professional fouls in a much larger sport was never detrimental to me. I never stamped on a player or threw a punch. There's a difference.
Strange thing is I have never played paintball the same way, although I have many friends who do. Because we do not, in my opinion, have the right rules or people to enforce them yet, so I play to a higher honour level to feel right in my own mind. Not everyone does, and I'm not sure if we are in a real sport people should.
I used to think we should, but points Rancid made here, have been changing my mind of late. We need a good system of refs and that will solve the problems. Then let people play the game however they can within that GOOD system of refs. I think it will sort itself out, we will have everything spectators want to see, and our sport will come of age. I think when we watch the X-ball that is what we see happening already.
manike
Accidental offences are 'fouls' and get one penalty.
Proffessional fouls are what we in paintball would call 'cheating' and get another penalty often/usually much harsher.
I see no reason why paintball would be any different to other major sports if we use this method of controlling our fouls.
Fighting is a whole nother issue which I would like to see completely stamped out. It's not proffessional under any set of terms in my book. Some 'fouls' can be.
Some players even become known for their professional fouling abilites (I'm thinking football here) and get watched closer by refs, and are loved/hated by fans depending on what side you are on. Sounds exactly like our good friend in Avalanche doesn't it now? (and no i'm not talking about Salm).
I've played quite a few sports, and some very seriously. I would play basketball taking into account what I could get away with and I did the same in rugby.
As a backrow player, if I could make a heavy tackle on the fly or scrum half I would, even if sometimes a smidgen
late. Sometime I got away with it, sometimes I was penalised and watched closely, do it again and get inserious trouble. As a player it was a choice I made knowing full well what the consequences would be. I played for Brighton, University, Warwickshire and the Midlands, so my choice to make professional fouls in a much larger sport was never detrimental to me. I never stamped on a player or threw a punch. There's a difference.Strange thing is I have never played paintball the same way, although I have many friends who do. Because we do not, in my opinion, have the right rules or people to enforce them yet, so I play to a higher honour level to feel right in my own mind. Not everyone does, and I'm not sure if we are in a real sport people should.
I used to think we should, but points Rancid made here, have been changing my mind of late. We need a good system of refs and that will solve the problems. Then let people play the game however they can within that GOOD system of refs. I think it will sort itself out, we will have everything spectators want to see, and our sport will come of age. I think when we watch the X-ball that is what we see happening already.
manike
