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Wednesday Paintball Rumor Report
As is typical during the holidays, many in the paintball community are taking well deserved time off. However, prior to the holiday break there have been a few interesting developments making the rounds. Read on for the latest paintball news and rumors.
Sly Equipment was rumored in the chatbox to be out of business. After noticing that SlyEquipment.com was offline we placed a phone call into the corporate office. The rep picked up on the second ring and assured us that Sly is not going anywhere. They went on to explain that they were experiencing technical difficulties with their website and have been working to resolve them in time for their 2010 product launch. If you need to place an order, feel free to contact Sly directly; +1.949.200.7348.
We heard that X-Factor tryouts went well. Word is that San Antonio X-Factor has selected 16 players to move onto the second round of tryouts. Inquisitive minds have been trying to figure out who exactly were in attendance. While we were not able to get our hands on the official roster, we do know that several Texas Storm and Justice League players were in attendance. Also playing at the field that day was former X-Factor player Archie Montemayor. Rest assured Dynasty fans, he was playing in head to toe Dynasty gear and planned on keeping it that way.
As rumored last week, the NPPL owners committee held a telephone conference. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the 2009 budget and financial statement as well as the leagues 2010 strategy. We also learned that the new NPPL gun committee had met the day prior to discuss the leagues rate of fire and gun penalties.
As we inch closer and closer to the 2010 season, players, teams and sponsors alike have been itching for one another to start releasing information. For all intents and purposes, everyone has been sitting in a holding pattern, and most everyone is waiting for someone else to make a decision.
In short summary, the problem pro paintball teams are currently experiencing is that they are waiting on sponsorships to decide what series they will be competing in. The leagues on the other hand are waiting for their sponsorships before they make any announcements, and the sponsors (read: pb industry) are waiting for the leagues to make announcements before they decide what teams and leagues they will be supporting.
This article was authored by Justin – who has written 876 paintball news and gear articles.
Justin was introduced to the game of paintball in ’96. Since then, he has been actively involved in promoting and playing in recreational and tournament paintball.
11 Comments
The industry is waiting to see who is still in business after the holiday retail season.
Interesting. Are you speaking in terms of stores, leagues, teams? What?
Justice players trying out? What..the hell. Im gonna guess none of them came came out of the wood work, but rather maybe some Justice players that have been playing elsewhere? Interesting
Not “Justice” from the Northeast that played 10-man but a small nobody X-ball team that fizzled out a few years ago from Texas named “Justice League”
I’m pretty sure they meant to say Justice League, not like the old 10 man Justice team.
That’s correct. There were a handful of Texas Storm and Texas Justice League players as well as other local talent. Rest assured Alex is working to put X-Factor back on top again. Look for big things in 2010.
Edited the article to clarify. Appreciate the correction guys.
No problem.. I was there trying out and I can say they had a hard time deciding because there was a LOT of impressive players out there!
SLY going off for business?!
no way, they are selling good in Asia region during the WCA’09.
Its always nice to hear that paintball companies are doing well. Thanks for the good news, Antonio.
I’m usually the optimist kinda guy, but SLY’s setup in WCA 09 was the worst of them all. What did they have? Old 2008 gear, one 2010 gear bad (not for sale), some dye gear (over priced and next to the dye tent), and women handing out stickers (also not for sale.. Women or the stickes). I’m a fan of SLY, but wouldnt be suprised to see them throw in the towel sometime soon..