What do you think the odds are with Chuck Hendsch and Tom Fore starting later in the season? How do you think 4th Quarter earnings reports (stock market) will effect the teams decision to compete in multiple leagues?
Welcome to the 2009 Pre Season News Series. The Pro Paintball pre-season update will begin with the East Coast franchises and gradually move out West. Throughout the series we will post a “free agents” listing at the end of each update which should help contextualize the ever growing list of free agents. Feel free to [...]
We’ve just received word that Tom Fore & DC Arsenal are considering picking up 2 millenium spots picked up 2 millenium Pro spots and have purchased 2 AXBL spots. The team plans to compete in the new 7-man national league as well as abroad. Best of luck to the team in 2009!
Word on the street is Tom Fore (ARSENAL Owner) and Chuck Hendsch (formerly NPPL) is working to put together a new 7man premier league to fill the NPPL’s shoes. Preliminary plans include running not one but 2(!) Huntington Beach events and a 12-team Pro division. Chuck Hendsch will be overseeing operations and running the new [...]
Over on The Paintball Agenda, Brandon Lambertson (Infamous), wrote an eye opening piece on the reasons behind the NPPL failing and the role Shawn Walker played. Based on intimate knowledge of the situation and the events leading up to the bankruptcy filing, the article provides a shocking look at what was going on behind closed [...]
Lane Wright confirms ROF drop. This confirms our earlier story about the PSP reducing the maximum rate of fire. Remember folks, you heard it here first. :)
NCPA & College Teams are discussing moving to a standardized rate of fire to allow for collegiate/non collegiate teams to practice without jumping through hoops and switching boards around. Also helps standardize the ROF and limit paint consumption. Initial test may be at Nationals with CLASS A (Xball). Link
Wow, College Paintball teams get some serious cash! If you hadn’t already considered going back to school, and most importantly, playing Collegiate Paintball, now is as good as of a time as ever. Check out www.College-Paintball.com to see if a school near you has a team, many of them are fully funded.
The decisions have been made at last! The new PSP Pro division (formerly the known as the NXL) will hold the 10 teams which competed in the NXL 2008 World Cup. Also included will be San Diego Aftermath, and the newly welcomed New England Hurricanes. As noted previously, 12 teams will make up the professional [...]
Pacific Paintball LLC. actually filed SIX bankruptcy filings with the Central District Court California Division. On page 12 of the filing you will note that Pacific Paintball LLC. claim against Walker includes an additional sum of “Not less than $37,157.00” bringing the total to $87,318. Claim against Shawn Walker, former President, for misappropriation of funds [...]
We’ve all heard stories about how Shawn Walker has done this or that, but no one really wants to put their name to anything for either fear of gossiping or of retribution. However, our PBR Investigative team recently uncovered some JUICY information that may lead to a clearer picture of what lead to Shawn Walkers [...]
As if the NPPL’s departure wasn’t a big enough hit to professional paintball world, this morning we heard that the PSP, in conjunction with limiting Pro Paintball to 12 teams, has capped the team rosters to 8 rostered players per event. Below we have provided an example of what the Los Angeles Ironmen (2008 World [...]
Throughout the course of the week/end we have heard tons of talk regarding 2009 and where teams are going to end up playing. While Pacific Paintball is working on selling itself off to the highest bidder (Bruce is said to be asking for $1,000,000.00 USD for the NPPL brand, fields, nets, etc.), many leagues are [...]
Updates for Aftermath’s Chris Lasoya & Alex Goldman, Dynasty’s Justin “LJ” Schwartz, and Bushwackers Ryan Podesta and Jason Bornstein.
