PaintballX3 Magazine March 2015 | Page 79

79 By John Amodea For at least the past five years Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP) has inarguably run the best and largest paintball league in the U.S., if not the world. For someone that long ago was a tournament promoter on the highest level of play, I can tell you that producing events of the PSP’s magnitude is no easy task. It takes time, money and resources that very few in paintball possess. And it takes a commitment from those running the events to make every effort possible to give the players and teams what they pay for and work so hard for. And Dallas clearly was not on that level in any way. tice, spending huge amounts of time away from family and sacrificing every last dollar should get the same effort in return from any league you play in. Your effort should be matched by their effort. And I really don’t want to hear that the weather is not in anyone’s control. Have we not seen enough of Dallas to know that’s it’s too risky to hold an event there in March? How many first event disasters do we need to see to realize we need a change? Dallas is too risky in March. New Orleans is too risky in March. All of this said, the best planning and effort in the world Teams work too hard, put too can still fail. If a hurricane much of their own money comes through central Florida into this game, and sacrifice during the World Cup no one too much to be put in a situ- is going to fault PSP. Someation where they (and their times things just happen. But equipment) are covered head Dallas in Marc