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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