The World ’ s First Female Profesisonal Division Debuts At The World Cup
By Bea Youngs
Photo By Gary Baum
The debut of the Women ’ s National Xball League , aka “ WNXL ” took place during the 2021 World Cup event in Kissimmee , Florida , at Gaylord Palms Resort . This is the introduction of the first ever women ’ s “ professional ” division and when this was made known , some voices within the paintball community had expressed some concerns about segregating .
Five WNXL Franchise Teams were represented during the WNXL exhibition on the NXL Pro Field which are as follows :
Heroines ( 9 players ) Femmes Fatale ( 15 players ) Destiny ( 10 players ) Dallas Vibe ( 5 players ) Sacramento Diamonds ( 1 player )
For the sake of the WNXL exhibition , two sides were formulated : one side consisted of Team “ Fire ” which included a Heroines line , a Vibe line , and a player from the Diamond team ran in within those lines during the 20-minute match . On the “ Ice ” side were 15 players from
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