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ElectroCanadian
08-28-2003, 08:50 AM
I was wondering how rich Bob Long, Dave Young Blood, Tom Kaye, Bud Orr, the ppl in paintball. How rich are they? It does'nt seem like they could actually make all that much money after all there expenses they have. So how much money do you ppl estimate they have? Its kinda dumb question but its been on my mind for a while.
dawgs712
08-28-2003, 12:12 PM
bob makes $356.27 cents an hour.
electraDX
08-28-2003, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by dawgs712
bob makes $356.27 cents an hour.
:eyes:
Zuricko
08-28-2003, 02:21 PM
Its nice to know that when I get tired of other forums I can always count on PBR for intelligent posting. :rolleyes:
josh_mp5
08-28-2003, 02:26 PM
and you wondered how he could shoot 20+ pods a game, now you know
Zuricko
08-28-2003, 02:29 PM
True, true. Gotta wonder where the extra 27 cents goes though.
Sam#27
08-29-2003, 05:14 PM
some one wants a stiky....man, what the hell am i talking about?
josh_mp5
08-29-2003, 07:14 PM
but honestly how much do you think some of these guys make?
Headhunter
08-29-2003, 11:33 PM
I'm sure that they are not the multi-millionares that some people may think they are, but they're not too bad off either. If your doing a job you really love and enjoy, isn't that enough?
beefums
08-30-2003, 12:19 AM
I dont know, I kind of see them working blue collar jobs when they arent on the field. If anything they take their winnings from the tournament plus whatever their sponsors give them. Probably make about 50k+ a year from paintball.
p8ntball1016
08-30-2003, 05:27 AM
most of these guys are presidents of their companies. so id probably guess they take in at least 100k a year.
Zuricko
08-30-2003, 09:44 AM
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/x/xtrm.html

Heads for BE are in the middle. I would expect those to be a little high for the industry since BE they sell the most guns. Then again... they have to sell about 50 Blades to get to the price of one Timmy... so really its anyone's guess as to what the other companies make. If they're publicly traded I think they are required by law to saw how much the chairpeople make. Not sure about that though.
dropkickmurphys
08-31-2003, 09:12 AM
more than 50 blades its like 70.
toolfan60
09-01-2003, 08:24 AM
Originally posted by Zuricko
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/x/xtrm.html

Heads for BE are in the middle. I would expect those to be a little high for the industry since BE they sell the most guns. Then again... they have to sell about 50 Blades to get to the price of one Timmy... so really its anyone's guess as to what the other companies make. If they're publicly traded I think they are required by law to saw how much the chairpeople make. Not sure about that though.

all those guys r old and have prolly never even played paintball.
Sam#27
09-01-2003, 09:28 AM
What about just a pro player such as ryan greenspan, do they make a living off playing?
toolfan60
09-01-2003, 09:31 AM
no,i think most of the players if not all of them of dynasty wrok for wdp and or their other sponsors for money,plus the money they win from tourneys.
Zuricko
09-01-2003, 12:21 PM
Originally posted by dropkickmurphys
more than 50 blades its like 70.

Sorry, didn't have a calculator handy. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by toolfan60
all those guys r old and have prolly never even played paintball.

That's not the point... people wanted to know how much the execs made, so I am telling them.

As far as my opinions on playing JUST paintball for a living, I don't think the sport has advanced far enough yet to the point where players are signing hundred thousand dollar contracts to JUST play for the team, let alone million dollar contracts like we see in baseball. Maybe in a few years that will change. I think it depends on the succes of televising paintball... but then we get into X-Ball and and that is a different topic entirely.
slikna99
09-01-2003, 12:24 PM
Originally posted by josh_mp5
and you wondered how he could shoot 20+ pods a game, now you know You do know he gets paint for free.... its called sponsers:eyes:
toolfan60
09-01-2003, 01:46 PM
yup
josh_mp5
09-02-2003, 08:33 AM
You do know he gets paint for free.... its called sponsers Yeah... I know, and he also probably does not make 356.27 an hour
slikna99
09-02-2003, 10:50 AM
Originally posted by josh_mp5
Yeah... I know, and he also probably does not make 356.27 an hour Very , Very unlikely...
Canadia_PBaller
09-02-2003, 02:18 PM
Originally posted by Zuricko


Sorry, didn't have a calculator handy. :rolleyes:



That's not the point... people wanted to know how much the execs made, so I am telling them.

As far as my opinions on playing JUST paintball for a living, I don't think the sport has advanced far enough yet to the point where players are signing hundred thousand dollar contracts to JUST play for the team, let alone million dollar contracts like we see in baseball. Maybe in a few years that will change. I think it depends on the succes of televising paintball... but then we get into X-Ball and and that is a different topic entirely.

Ever watch hockey buddy? There's Jamir Jagor- highest paid hockey player in NHL $88 mil for a 4 year contract I believe. And then everything in between . Hockey is the highest paying sport in the world Baseball pays nothing compared to Hockey...but onto the topic of paintball for a living....maybe in 10 years but as for now most guys have second jobs, usually working for one of their sponsers as a tech, designe etc.