Paintball News & Rumor Report
February 22, 2012 in Rumor Reports
ProPaintball insiders dug up several gems for this weeks pro paintball rumor report. Read on for the latest player movements and pro team adjustments.
Pro paintball team LA Ironmen
- Scott Kemp and Brandon Short of pro paintball team LA Ironmen won’t be at PSP Galveston Open. Anson Hong (formerly of pro teams Legacy/BLAST) is said to be getting married and they will be attending the wedding.
- Contrary to rumors circulating, Ryan Martin (Ironmen) will be playing Galveston with the Ironmen.
- Tommy O’Donnell from Indianapolis Mutiny has joined the San Diego Pirates in PSP D1.
- Rumors also circulate that Brandon Short recently broke his finger playing UTB and may need surgery to repair the damage. Busted!
- Raney Stanczak is returning to the paintball field after a short break. Raney will be playing Galveston with Greg Pauley and the AC402.com paintball team in D2 and then D1 with Texas Storm at the NPPL Surf City Open. Greg and Raney are long time friends and started playing together in 2004 under the DIESEL banner. Raney most recently played with San Diego Aftermath but took time off to pursue his college education. ProPaintball insiders say he has the paintball itch and is looking to get back in the mix.
- ProPaintball insiders report that Mike Carthy & Tampa Bay Damage part ways. No word yet on what the future holds for Carthy.
- The New England Avalanche tryouts are said to have been a success. Joining the pro team is Matt Darulla, Benny Caroll, Steven “P-Nut” Schloss and one other. According to sources, Top Gun Evolution will be rebranded as Avalanche Evolution for 2012.
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Chase said on February 22, 2012
Sucks to see Carthy go if true. And if Bshort really played UTB, then that’s embarrassing.
Justin said on February 22, 2012
The Carthy bit was confirmed with Damage earlier this morning. Bummer to see him go!
GSPmatt said on February 22, 2012
embarrassing? been around for a month and is already gaining more exposure then the PSP accomplished in the last 8 months, that said sounds like all the pro buddies are there too. makes sense
Justin said on February 22, 2012
GSPMatt – are you suggesting we should all drop paintball and taze one another?
HAHAHAHAHA said on February 22, 2012
Do you really think that this tazer crap is good for our sport????? The future of the sport is held by children wanting to, or more importantly being allowed to play it. If you were a parent would you allow your kid to follow in the footsteps of people tazing each other? Prob not. It is beyond me why some of the most popular players in our sport, and arguably the most recognizable player in our sport ( troll ) would want to go around and jeopardize what they have worked for years to create. Some of these fools are doing it for the little money they get from it, NEWSFLASH maybe if you went back to school and got an education you wouldnt need to taze each other for cash. I know that does not apply to all of the guys, but it certainly does for some.
Jason said on February 29, 2012
Wow really dude? Paintball is an extreme sport. After meeting Troll in Vegas, that dude is a hardcore extreme sports nut, along with all the other guys as well. This does nothing to hurt or help paintball. It is just another thing to do for the adrenaline junkies. But in a way it will help paintball since most of the guys playing are ballers and thus will give paintball some more exposure to the masses.
MJ Draco said on February 22, 2012
Carthy is a big player in Damage … thats weird …
?? said on February 22, 2012
Any news about who dynasty picked up???
dynasty said on February 22, 2012
picked up zack wake and crunchy, who else do they need to add to their already stacked roster?
"that guy" said on February 22, 2012
Pirates ready to get down…
lol said on February 22, 2012
Not with Tommy O’donnell. Why not find a good pro that needs a home if they are going to get someone to ring for them.
mw watt said on February 22, 2012
aw cmon now. Tommy is a pioneer. There is no denying he has talent. Silly kids. No respect
lol said on February 23, 2012
You can’t deny that there are plenty of washed up pros in California that are better than Tommy O’Donnell. Thats like getting Frank Connell to ring for your team.
Bill said on February 23, 2012
Agreed
Bill said on February 23, 2012
Agreed mw watt
mw watt said on February 23, 2012
Then you obviously don’t know what your talking about, because Frank is a great player and has rung for many prestigious teams. Tommy O has a lot of heart and great talent. Show a little respect, or don’t. You’re fueling his fire haha
Lc said on February 23, 2012
I’m washed up and I would play but I’m in Washington
GSPmatt said on February 23, 2012
Justin, of course that’s not what i am saying, however i can see how the attention of UTB can be attractive to someone who can easily get involved with it. this thing has only been online for a month and went viral, we can easily say fluke-but its just as likely that Eric Prum’s idea can provide viral content for all kinds of internet followers. When was the last time you saw a “Short Bus” clip on the Colbert Report, or lane wright interviewed on a live England morning show.
That said, I don’t see how a mother or father that stumbled upon this UTB thing will link it to paintball. Also, i don’t understand how much research a father or mother will do on UTB after seeing it’s YouTube video….to me it looks like a bunch of 20 years olds (i know a few exceptions) that are trying to make it viral.In all the weekly tube shows and the other spots this UTB has received on TV, i have yet to come across anything that brings paintball up or ties to it. I know that Eric prum played for infamous, but those English dudes didn’t.
I also don’t see how getting tased while running with a ball with de-powered (although still painful) tasers is all that less embarrassing/ignorant/insane compared to what we do. Think about it, we position ourselves behind balloons to get lit up with paintballs from point blank, being stitched from 6 feet away or to do the same to someone else. Or the other extreme of our sport we dress up to the likness of a Marine and play “War” like games. Through my eyes seems kinda the same.
If i am Bshort, i wouldn’t mind giving something else a try after 8 years, doesn’t hurt that it’s gotten this much attention.
HAHAHAHAHA said on February 23, 2012
The boyscouts finally adopted paintball as an acceptable activity. Do you think tazerball is next? The answer is NO. That is why it sucks. Also, the NPPL is said to have agreed to host a UTB event at a 7 man event, not alot of research will need to be done to see that it is the same guys.
BOSS said on February 23, 2012
Are you serious? Paintball is a ACTION/EXTREME SPORT, i don’t think UTB is going to hurt paintball anymore then paintball has hurt itself in the past Decade.
HAHAHAHAHA said on February 23, 2012
paintball has made major strides in becoming an acceptable “activity”. It is being used in the mainstream media more and more. Just because it is not on ESPN does not mean that paintball as a whole is “hurting itself”. If you had any sense you would see it is the exact opposite.
mike said on February 26, 2012
in my opinion utb just makes paintball look bad weve been trying to drop out reputation as a bunch of punk kids running around and BSing tazing each other is exactly the kind of thing people who view paintball in a negative way would expect us to do
Fanatics said on February 27, 2012
Bshort….thats unnaceptable. paintball is more important than UTB.
james m said on March 4, 2012
Right on
david said on February 28, 2012
just gonna say that the majority of yall complaining about utb threatening paintball, this is why paintball is ding, blah blah blah. yall are probably the ones hurting it the most!
instead of hiding behind some screen name, get of your ass and go grow the sport yourselves!
end rant
james m said on March 4, 2012
IMO UTB is going to lose popularity in the next 2 months, its just a bunch of young guys (with exception of some) with tasers, a huge ball, no safty equipment, and crappy rules; if its as viral as you guys say it is, it will loose the publics interest after the first horrible accident, scaring a lot of the still little clientel it has at the moment, how many UTB fields are in your area, ok now that you know that, compare it to the amount of paintball fields, what about the amount of children in UTB compared to. paintball, and not to mention retail stores and websites
danny h said on March 4, 2012
next we will loose players to bob sledding and other “main” stream sports(sarcastic) …….UTB doesnt even market themselves as full of paintballers. i dont think many people outside of paintball recognize these guys as pro paintballers. look at UTBLIVE.com and look at the team bios. no where is paintball even mentioned.All you people who are hating on utb seem a little jealous! i know i am.
Miley said on March 7, 2012
What the hell is utb?