[AdReNaLiN jUnKeE]

pb access seems to be doing pretty fine. they get their money through ad revenue generated by commercials and the symbols put on the screens during matches. id also assume that they get money from the psp to run the webcast seeing as PBA is its own company providing a service

[Darthdoug]

The PSP sold out for their Dallas event in record time. Something is being done well and I'm pretty sure that the Webcast and PBAccess with their online podcasts, videos, and interviews are part of sparking that kind of interest.

I hope the NPPL can drum up enough money to make a webcast and actual marketing through it a go for future events. I don't think it benefits the sport as a whole to have a monopoly on national level leagues. I think having both the NPPL and the PSP is better for paintball than one league with no competition.

[AdReNaLiN jUnKeE]

then you sir havent been playing very long haha. i remember when there was only one league and it was the best thing for everyone. the events were much larger, all of the vendors went to the events since they didnt have to stretch their resources to make an event every month. more teams participated because there was only 5 events to look forward to instead of 10. prizes were better due to higher team turnouts. the list goes on. it is just way better for the sport as a whole to have one league, and the companies are showing it as well by pulling out of the nppl

[Darthdoug]

Originally Posted by AdReNaLiN jUnKeE

then you sir havent been playing very long haha. i remember when there was only one league and it was the best thing for everyone. the events were much larger, all of the vendors went to the events since they didnt have to stretch their resources to make an event every month. more teams participated because there was only 5 events to look forward to instead of 10. prizes were better due to higher team turnouts. the list goes on. it is just way better for the sport as a whole to have one league, and the companies are showing it as well by pulling out of the nppl

Actually I don't think you want to go into who started playing earlier with me.

I still stand by my opinion. I believe for the SPORT of paintball having choices in leagues is a good thing and I don't think that a monopoly of one league/company/entity is ever a good thing in terms of keeping a lean, mean, competitive product for the consumers (we the players) to consume.

It IS harder for the companies but it's something that I WISH was worth it to them to support both leagues. I don't expect most players outside of pro's to play both, it is a crazy amount of travel. Unfortunately you are very right in that sponsors/companies are deciding that the NPPL right now with their number of players and fans is not worth their expenditure to get out and support the NPPL events. They're probably right, but that sucks for paintball as a sport.

I hope the NPPL can reinvent itself, get itself financially ready and produce a quality product on the level of the PSP. When it does that the sponsors and companies will find it worthwhile to come back and support the league and that will help it grow. However this is the old chicken and the egg issue. You have to have a quality product WITH lots of fans before it's worth it for the sponsors and company's dollars, yet those dollars are what helps bring the quality and the fans.

I don't think the NPPL folding will be good for paintball so I truly hope it doesn't happen. I DO think there is room for two leagues.

I do remember the early days with one league and I remember when the PSP was formed because of the complaints leveled against the NPPL at the time that they were not doing a great job. They weren't. The first few years of both leagues was a GREAT time for paintball with both leagues COMPETING for your dollars. However the economy hit paintball hard just as with all luxury type activities, and both leagues were hit hard, with the NPPL suffering a fatal blow. We're just starting to build back up to where we were at 5-8 years ago.

I hope the NPPL can pick itself back up just as the PSP has. As a player I think having options means competition between them which SHOULD mean better quality product (events) for me to choose from and attend.

[jesus01]

Nppl needs to die. From a businesses standpoint its a failure and a sinking ship. I feel it brings no value at all from a customer stand point.

I completely disagree with darthdoug but he is cute so I won't be a total jerk

[RobbertPaulson]

This blows i had to work today anyway

[yella]

It needs to go to one league as every other professional sport.

Football - NFL
Baseball - MLB
Hockey - NHL
Basketball - NBA

etc. One league will make it better for the players, people associated in the business, and promoters.

[Thotograph]

It'd be really nice to watch some 7man right now... this is really a big let down.

I really like the lack of sideline coaching and true semi auto play, but man they are screwed if the interested fan base is largely in the dark. Also, it looks like the big time pro teams are gonna roll through this shindig until they meet. Dynasty is already 2-0 with a pretty big margin. PLEHHHH

[raehl]

Originally Posted by Thotograph

true semi auto play

NPPL went to Mechanical Only?

[Sniper71]

Originally Posted by raehl

NPPL went to Mechanical Only?

IMO I think that would be pretty epic and potentially bring alot of new people out to play, and maybe make the crossover to air/speedball....

[shrell]

Originally Posted by Sniper71

IMO I think that would be pretty epic and potentially bring alot of new people out to play, and maybe make the crossover to air/speedball....

I think a league (PSP?) talked about this a few years ago and it was met with minimal interest. Enough for a couple teams at once event.

[Thotograph]

Haha, good one... that would be a nice thing to see. Maybe even break down how many types of guns you can have, something like 3 cockers and 4 of anything else (mags or something capable of RTing/higher ROF), or 2 & 3 for 5-man...

[B Baller]

UWL has mechanicals and various rules for each member of the team, so not an original idea as they have a bunch of national events this year although they do play in the woods, not airball.

[MicHauй²]

NPPL loves to destroy themselves

[ctounget]

Originally Posted by yella

It needs to go to one league as every other professional sport.

Football - NFL
Baseball - MLB
Hockey - NHL
Basketball - NBA

etc. One league will make it better for the players, people associated in the business, and promoters.

First off I'm sorry but I had to correct you on this one. There are 2+ "Professional" leagues for each sport you mentioned.

Football - NFL and AFL
Baseball - MLB and the Minor Leagues
Hockey - NHL and AHL
Basketball - NBA and PBL

Not to mention the various development leagues that are associated with the sports which are similar to our regional leagues. In some (however few it may be) cases though the pros in these leagues are still making much more than any pro in paintball. Just because its not a Major League doesn't mean its not professional. The case is now that PSP is our Major League and NPPL is the Minor with a different format.

Personally, after playing HB '13, I believe NPPL is done. The revenue from this event couldn't have been much, and you can tell that they don't care about the league any more. There were many things that were unorganized and a few failures on their end. The sad part was, they didn't seem to give a rat's ***. They may make it through Tampa but with PSP scheduling WCO the same weekend as Denver, NPPL will tank.

[B Baller]

Is it really as bad as you think? Just going by easily available figures and I have absolutely no idea what it costs to rent the beach (free? plus a ton of labor in clean up?) but this could easily be 100 grand as well which would hurt these #'s a lot.

entry fee is something around $220,000 just going by the entrants list. payouts were $64,000 = $156,000 of direct player income not to mention $10 pit passes, grand stand tickets and such but lets skip that and say it paid for the grand stands themselves.

I believe every vendors pays to be there, for reference the smallest tent at PSP world cup in 2012 was $1500 and a truck was $6000. So lets just say $1500 and 20 vendors although there were a few trucks there but the tents are probably less expensive. Another 30k but lets assume that pays for the workers to be there.

I know turf, netting and bunkers are expensive but they are not 1 time cost centers. In fact in the case of the bunkers if NPPL has any type of reasonable deal with supair, probably generate revenue upon sale although very little. 17k square feet of turf at $3 is only 51k and I believe field 1 was the only one that could have been considered new.

[ctounget]

Originally Posted by B Baller

Is it really as bad as you think? Just going by easily available figures and I have absolutely no idea what it costs to rent the beach (free? plus a ton of labor in clean up?) but this could easily be 100 grand as well which would hurt these #'s a lot.

entry fee is something around $220,000 just going by the entrants list. payouts were $64,000 = $156,000 of direct player income not to mention $10 pit passes, grand stand tickets and such but lets skip that and say it paid for the grand stands themselves.

I believe every vendors pays to be there, for reference the smallest tent at PSP world cup in 2012 was $1500 and a truck was $6000. So lets just say $1500 and 20 vendors although there were a few trucks there but the tents are probably less expensive. Another 30k but lets assume that pays for the workers to be there.

I know turf, netting and bunkers are expensive but they are not 1 time cost centers. In fact in the case of the bunkers if NPPL has any type of reasonable deal with supair, probably generate revenue upon sale although very little. 17k square feet of turf at $3 is only 51k and I believe field 1 was the only one that could have been considered new.

From some of the talk I heard around the event, the profit was minimal if not non-existent. I believe they actually lost money on the event but of course I could be way off. Many people were saying that this IS the last year for NPPL. There seems to be a lot going on in the industry as we've seen with all of the major companies shifting to PSP. Then theres the whole thing with the leagues scheduling events on the same weekend, PSA/HB and WCO/Denver, there appears to be a push to eliminate NPPL and from how some at the event acted, they acknowledge it and are accepting it.

[xNuRve]

I was at the event and I played and heard no such thing. It's unbelievable how much they make just off grandstands. 20 per person for just Sunday. The stands were completely full. There's so many other things they make money off of as well. Like your ids. It was an awesome event.