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Just wondering if it's just a coincidence or possibly a trend. I've come to notice that 2 of my sales reps and a manager at different companies are pro players. I don't even know much about the tourney thing so if someone said they were whomever and I was supposed to know that they were a pro player, I wouldn't recognize most of their names.

I know for sure that one company in particular that I deal with has their whole danged sponsored pro team working as company sales reps. My normal rep will be away somewhere playing a tourney and another that isn't playing that tourney takes my order.

So basically these guys are getting paid to play and also paid on the company roster as reps too. Must be nice.

Anyone else have any pro player sales reps or employee's at any particular company?

[313pbp]

the pro players need to eat too! you really don't think that playing pro-paintball pays enough to lie on----- do you????

[Mr. Short Pants]

For the most part they aren't getting paid to play, they just play for free. Different pro teams have different levels of compensation, some give the players nothing and others are paid.

A lot of players look for jobs within the industry, that way they have the flexibility to take time off for tournaments and practices while still earning a paycheck. To play at the upper levels takes more commitment than just practicing on the weekends, you add in physical training and even daily drilling for some of these guys and you see that it's quite hard to hold down a steady job.

While a big name paintball player really isn't a big deal to you personally, to a lot of people it is. It's the industry equivalent of buying baseball bats from Cal Ripken.

[Franco@SplatPB]

Originally Posted by Mr. Short Pants

For the most part they aren't getting paid to play, they just play for free. Different pro teams have different levels of compensation, some give the players nothing and others are paid.

A lot of players look for jobs within the industry, that way they have the flexibility to take time off for tournaments and practices while still earning a paycheck. To play at the upper levels takes more commitment than just practicing on the weekends, you add in physical training and even daily drilling for some of these guys and you see that it's quite hard to hold down a steady job.

While a big name paintball player really isn't a big deal to you personally, to a lot of people it is. It's the industry equivalent of buying baseball bats from Cal Ripken.

this guy got it

[502 killa]

i believe lb fow is a rep for kee.

[DeViLs_SouL]

yeah. My sale Reps are also pro player, and to tell you the truth, I HATE that.
They are always out of the office playing here or there...