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ammolord wrote: ya, if your playin football in your backyard, NOT just throwing it arround, its considered a sport in my book. so id say if you are playin paintball with some kind of makeshift field it should be a sport right?? its not like your just shootin each other, your actualy DOING sompthin. i dont know if that made anny sence to annyone but me.

Not really.

I guess it makes sense but that depends on if you consider paintball a sport or not. Your point doesn't really argue whenether or not it is a sport just the conditions for it being played as a sport if it were to be considered a sport.

jmac3 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: Skillet42565 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: I think half the people were arguing that people were saying it's not a sport, and half were arguing saying it's not a professional sport.I think that is where the confusion lies. It is really neither. Your justification for this is...? At as to if it is a professional sport or just a sport? Exactly why is is it a sport then? Same reason every other sport is a sport. The definition says it.Walking around in the backyard pelting each other isn't a sport.Once you are doing tournaments and practicing and drilling it becomes a sport. And the people who play football in their backyard aren't playing a sport? Not if they're just tossing a ball around. This is the equivalent of just shooting your buddies.If theyre actually playing then yeah they are. Just like if you actually play paintball then it is.

Doesn't work to your point though. You said that playing tourneys and practicing makes it a sport.

People who play football in their backyard often aren't practicing for organized football but isin't it still playing a sport?

Edited by carl_the_sniper - 02 February 2008 at 12:09am

carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: Skillet42565 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: I think half the people were arguing that people were saying it's not a sport, and half were arguing saying it's not a professional sport.I think that is where the confusion lies. It is really neither. Your justification for this is...? At as to if it is a professional sport or just a sport? Exactly why is is it a sport then? Same reason every other sport is a sport. The definition says it.Walking around in the backyard pelting each other isn't a sport.Once you are doing tournaments and practicing and drilling it becomes a sport. And the people who play football in their backyard aren't playing a sport?

Not if they're just tossing a ball around. This is the equivalent of just shooting your buddies.

If theyre actually playing then yeah they are. Just like if you actually play paintball then it is.

carl_the_sniper wrote: Skillet42565 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: I think half the people were arguing that people were saying it's not a sport, and half were arguing saying it's not a professional sport.I think that is where the confusion lies. It is really neither. Your justification for this is...? At as to if it is a professional sport or just a sport? Exactly why is is it a sport then?

Same reason every other sport is a sport. The definition says it.

Walking around in the backyard pelting each other isn't a sport.

Once you are doing tournaments and practicing and drilling it becomes a sport.

a5Tpp789 wrote: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature

Hmmm . . . initially I considered paintball a sport; but, now that I think about it, I know lots of people who play that don't have either skill or physical prowess.

Skillet42565 wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: jmac3 wrote: I think half the people were arguing that people were saying it's not a sport, and half were arguing saying it's not a professional sport.I think that is where the confusion lies. It is really neither. Your justification for this is...?

At as to if it is a professional sport or just a sport?

Exactly why is is it a sport then?

jmac3 wrote: I think half the people were arguing that people were saying it's not a sport, and half were arguing saying it's not a professional sport.I think that is where the confusion lies.

It is really neither.

I'm with those that scoff at the idea of it being a 'professional sport' Perhaps someday, but as of now, No. not even remotely close.

Why? because the money just isn't there. Are there big named companies clamoring to buy ad space during the commercials of an NPPL tournament? Negative.

Granted, this isn't the be-all end-all stipulation for the qualification of 'pro sports' but man, be real about it. Getting sponsorship isn't all that difficult if you've got any skills at all. A company is willing to pay a few bucks to get their name sewn on a jersey.

Susan's absolutely right. Until the day comes where those claiming to be 'professionals' can be complained about for being 'overpaid' and as soon as multi-million dollar contract negotiations between teams become SOP, it just ain't 'professional'

....you might jump on my examples as being too money oriented, but lets face it, THAT is what is dictating what is a 'professional' nowadays.

sad but true.

^^^Carl, did you notice he missed the entire point?  The discussion isn't about whether or not paintball is a sport, the question was if it is a professional sport.

impulse...most of them get their paintball payed for.

That's what a "pro" paintballer gets.(quotation marks for whole thread)

Paintball related nonsense for free. Hotels, airfare, guns, paint, etc..

Watch Heroes for a Day and tell me pro paintballers are getting paid.

The few with big names(Lasoya, Ollie) may be getting paid. I bet they even have a day job.

Some have jobs within the industry, but they still have a day job.

All those pros you've never heard of go home and work I am sure to pay the bills.


Edited by jmac3 - 29 January 2008 at 9:22pm