Apparently utah has a semi pro team...

[fuzzy]

I want to start playing woodsball its so much less controversy and drama when are you setting up a woodsball game cause i want in too

[Derek]

We play both...=)

Playing both styles will help you get better at each.

As for being harsh i dont agree, these guys are advertising somethign they are not. It discounts everyone else who has worked hard to reach that level.

They need to be smashed to realise that their training from an navy seal video doens't make them a great paintball team.

As for Desert Edge, i have no doubt in my mind you guys could play at a national level and do quite well. You guys have some amazingly talented players and after a few events you guys would have no trouble adapting.

I did not get to see the ad, but for my part i would say the only way to claim that your team is a semi-pro team is to be ranked in NPPL or X-ball. Paintball is an interesting sport because like someone mentioned before many ranked pro team still need a job to help make money.

From what i gathered from everyones posts it was a woodsball/scenario team. I kinda think of it like this. The Boston Celtics, Jazz, Bulls etc are PRO basketball team, not because the players are at some skill level, but because they are playing in a organized professional league. Lets compare that to NPPL. Now lets take some street ball team in downtown NY and for the sake of this example say that are almost as good as the pro team. The rules are different, it is a different setting, but there is no organized league, just a bunch of good players that like to play that style. I would NOT call them semi pro because it is not an organized semi-pro league. Compare this to a woodsball/scenario team.

So my thoughts are it is more being in an established pro/semi-pro league that determines if you are a pro/semi-pro team, regardless of how good you are. Obviously there is a general skill level to compete in that league, but because there is no current established woodsball pro/semi pro league i don't think any team outside of the NPPL or PSP rankings should go by pro or semi pro.

But it really does not matter. I say let them call themselves whatever they want. Since there is no set guideline for semi pro woodsballers they can call themselves any level they want. What you call your team does not automatically change skill level, only your play does.