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[img]../newsimages/herstellerlogos/2003-10-28-nppl_logo.jpg[/img]Die NPPL Serie in USA hat mit dem TV Sender FOX Sport Net einen Vertrag über 6 Paintball Sendungen abgeschlossen. Der TV Sender FOX hat anscheinend das Potentiel was hinter Paintball steckt erkannt. Vielleicht ist gerade dieser Schritt der letzte Funken der dem Paintballsport gefehlt hat. Kommt das Fernsehen dann kommen auch Sponsoren und somit auch das Geld.Beginnen werden die Sendungen am 28. Januar 2004. Jeden Mittwoch um 15Uhr 30 werden dann bis zum 3. März einige der besten Teams der Welt bei FOX Sports zu sehen sein.In den 30 Minütigen Shows werden nach und nach die Events der Saison 2003 gezeigt werden. Somit schafft es die NPPL noch vor dem X-Ball Format ins US Fernsehen zu kommen mit einer regulären Show. Das Sendungsformat ist ein ganz anderes. Die NPPL Shows sind eher kurze Rückblicke auf die Saison 2003 wohingegen der X-Ball ab dem Jahre 2005 Live übertragen werden wird.Die X-Ball Liga hat mit dem Multimillionen Dollar Medien Mogul Dick Clark ein 50 Millionen Doller Deal machen können der eine Ausstrahlung ab 2005 vorsieht. Somit haben die Teams der NXL noch ein knappes Jahr Zeit sich auf das vorzubereiten was da kommen mag. Zum bespiel die Namensänderung von NXL(National Xball League) in PLP(Professional League Paintball)Chuck Hensch, Präsidient der NPPL, versucht alles um seine NPPL in Amerika an die Spitze zu bringen. Doch sobald die PLP 2005 Landesweit ausgestrahlt werden wird, werden sich die Professionellen Teams wohl eher in der PLP als in der NPPL sehen lassen, denn hier winken wohl dann die höheren Sponsorengelder.Pressemitteilung der NPPL Fox Sports Net Paintball Show… “NPPL Super 7 World Series”The National Professional Paintball League Inc. (NPPL) and Pure Promotions are pleased to announce a new Paintball show on Fox Sports Net; “NPPL Super 7 World Series”. Paintball proved its demand by the intense interest Super 7 footage drew from its overwhelming debut on FOX earlier this year. FOX Sports has recognized the power held by the paintball industry, and has signed a 6 show deal with the NPPL. The half-hour programs will showcase the inaugural 2003 season of the NPPL Super 7 World Series.The first half-hour program will air January 28, 2004 and then for the next five weeks thru to March 3. Make sure you tune in every Wednesday at 3:30 pm (local time) to watch the top professional paintball teams from around the world battle it out in the world’s premier paintball series “The NPPL Super 7 World Series”. Each half-hour program will cover a different NPPL event from the 2003 season, culminating in Episode 6, Special Edition show – 2003 Review. The NPPL Super 7 World Series show will precede the popular “Rush Hour” on Fox Sports Net, which consists of other popular action sport shows such as Bluetorch and 54321. Stay tuned for more to come.The National Professional Paintball League Inc. is a player run organization that sanctions and governs Professional Paintball tournaments. The NPPL is committed to setting rules, standards and guidelines for safe, competitive, fair Paintball competitions worldwide.Pressemitteilung der NXLThe year 2003 has been a season of many changes throughout the paintball industry. The PSP and NPPL went their separate ways, and even more profound, a new format of paintball has been developed. Out of Richmond Italia’s X-Ball creation, the National X-Ball League (NXL) comprised of eight franchised teams has been born. Playing amongst themselves alongside PSP events and the stand alone Mardi Gras tournament, this group has devised a season long schedule in which these teams compete. It all comes to a paintball crescendo at the 2003 World Cup tournament where a season winner will be determined and crowned.Taking a leap of faith and not knowing where, when or if this new version of paintball will make the transition to TV, these elite players are finally getting a few of the answers and a direction in which they may head. On Thursday August 14, 2003 a meeting at the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania took place and the leap was taken. Dick Clark Productions, Inc. has announced its acquisition of the NXL, which will be renamed the Professional League Paintball (PLP).Nothing happens immediately and the NXL will continue as scheduled throughout the rest of the 2003 season, which is officially 12 games shorter. This game cut is due to the drop of the Toulouse tournament to the schedule. However, speculated by Jerry Braun, he feels everything will be concrete and in place by the start of the 2004 season. Whether the format be as currently played, or modified, is yet to be determined.All that has been officially announced is that Dick Clark Productions, Inc has taken a serious interest in the NXL and the televising of paintball. They believe there is only room in Hollywood for one televised version of paintball and it is locked down on the NXL. With this lockdown, the fast track is put in place and a goal of 6 months to production time is set.What does this mean for the players? The immediate goal is to lock down a network that will air the PLP; the former NXL. Once this is accomplished they will work on building legs for it to stand on. From that point, contracts will be created and hopefully professional paintball players will start making salaries. Along with this income, they hope to bring in outside sponsors, trading cards and open tryouts to start and grow from there.Nothing is certain except for the fact that paintball is moving forward and the PSP and NXL are both moving with it in conjunction with Dick Clark Productions, Inc. Paintball on TV is a foreseeable future for this entity, where it goes from there is still unknown.