A Paintball Question
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Topic: A Paintball Question
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Subject: A Paintball Question
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:12am
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Well that Ollie Lang contract deal for $600,000 was it got me thinking. If paintball becomes a high paying sports career, how long do you guys think it will take before kids are getting full-ride university scholarships to play paintball? I ask this because i know like 6 universities have teams, and wondering if paintball in that sense could survive. ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:15am
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Pro Skaters make millions. Ever heard of a Skating scholarship?
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:15am
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meh... until college paintball becomes an actual athletic sport... i doubt it'll happen any time soon. right now i think most paintball teams are club sports. it would have to end up in NCAA or something. |
Posted By: piranhakiller
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:32am
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Exactly but the only advantage paintball has is that its already a Club sport which is something....Honestly if it does happen it wont be for a long time we can be sure of that ------------- ~Marker setup~ 2K1 Autococker Rt Feed 12in Freak ANS 3-Way Black Houge Grip Shocktech Drop Forward TippmannA5 16in J&Jceramic r/t 2X trigger Blue Dye c4 |
Hades wrote:Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:41am
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not likely, but a decent idea. i just don't think the sport will ever become that popular.
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 3:46am
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i wish it would happen. just remember even Lasoya and Matty Marshal still have dayjobs..... ------------- X |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 6:47am
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There's a league and it looks like it's on the right track to being up
there with the NCAA and stuff. A lot of colleges have paintball teams
(even John's Hopkins has a team) so it's only a matter of time. http://www.college-paintball.com/ - NCPA ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 7:08am
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Paintball will have to become a sport first. Let me state once again, Paintball =/= Sport.
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Posted By: Stonecutters
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 8:00am
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Pfft... Whats Paintball?
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 11:32am
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Problem with NCPA=It is just paintball tournaments with only college teams. Look at the standings, like 90% (or more) of the teams don't play every event. It is serious money to send a team to every event. Would a basketball team miss a game? No. And no it will never happen. Why give someone a free ride to college and a free ride in paintball? If it becomes a college sport just getting any financial help is enough. And didn't Ollie Lang only get 100k and a job anyway? ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: lilkiller
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 11:48am
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I dont know why people dont fully appreciate our sport. Paintball is a game where you dont need a "game face" or want to destroy your apponant. We are all about the fun, unlike what people have done to other sports. If they turn paintball NCAA or somthing like that and they ruin our game by turning it into somthing you can no longer enjoy and all you want to do is win, then they dont know what its all about. ------------- "Whaffles are pancakes with syrup traps" - Mitch Hedberg may he rest in peace |
Posted By: ionpride
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 2:08pm
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just think if you was offered that amount of money to go play against noobs well in ollies view anyway..? well i would anyway but then your leaving your freinds behind hard decision i suppose ------------- im the closet thing that u will come to war !!! SMART PARTS ION 3000/47 PURE ENRGY AIR DYE 03 STICKIES TEARDROP BARREL HALO B HOPPER |
Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 2:18pm
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Who knows if it'll ever happen but that would be awsome. I'd like to see paintball become another football or basketball..... -------------  |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 2:24pm
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Id love for paintball to be a college sport, Lacrosse is getting more populer so idk maybe PB will too. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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