Chris, I'm not a thick bloke but I have yet to fathom the meaning or inference of this post of yours, wanna enlighten me ?
Robbo
X-Ball Europe - The Story So Far
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Robbo
Hey Bud, well I think the pendulum has swung back toward X-Ball with this new proposal; the principle is certainly workable, just leaves the details to sort out but ‘the devil is in the detail’ as they say, so we'll see what happens
Johan's just spouting coz he's all bitter and twisted
Pete
You are the Grouch these days, aren't you?
I truly hope so.
8--Thing is baca, I read your posts with the same degree of incredulity as you do mine. But.... as Sup says, I shouldn't be bringing it down.
What is my objective? Well, I think I should be allowed a view, and I think I've posted this view far less than you and yours. Objective? I'm not really sure.... [/QUOTE]
1--what I was suggesting was that this debate inevitably goes the same way every time and once again I can't resist gettin' involved. If you insist on putting some other twist on it that wasn't there I can't stop you. But you'd be mistaken.
2--Didn't say it, didn't imply it. I agreed with you but you invariably always put the most outrageous spin on the argument you can manage to make it seem impossible and I followed up with an alternative model that was more modest but demonstrably economically feasible in the U.S.
3--NO, the analogy you used was the NFL and the one I used was Arena Football. Both are American style football--not soccer.
4--Again, I offered a current typical range of attendance from between 2K to 10K depending on market and import of a given match. And what Arena Football does is offer a season, a home team, weekly matches leading to playoffs and an yearly championship--precisely the kind of offering X Ball is meant to develop into. The key point is that the scale of sport as a viable economic and professional offering isn't limited to either million dollar players or weekend warriors. In between states can flourish as a sport grows.
5--Nobody yet knows what sort of potential pball as a spectator sport has. My point isn't that it's a dead bang guarantee but that there is enough flexibility in our marketplace to allow it to develop to it's potential.
6--because millions of people do it every week for all manner of other sports. My mom loves basketball and baseball, watches both regularly and loves her hometown teams but never once swung a bat or shot a free throw.
7--yep, I get copied all your stuff. But that same kid can't go hit the half pipe he sees on TV.
8--I don't view your posts with incredulity. What I wonder at is the seeming hostility and determination you seem to have for dismissing any prospect of a future that includes pball as a legit sport.
Almost makes me wonder where the vision and risk-taking mentality went that allowed someone to imagine a Brit pball mag could have any success or failing that the will and effort to turn it into something that could succeed.
I truly hope so.
8--Thing is baca, I read your posts with the same degree of incredulity as you do mine. But.... as Sup says, I shouldn't be bringing it down.
What is my objective? Well, I think I should be allowed a view, and I think I've posted this view far less than you and yours. Objective? I'm not really sure.... [/QUOTE]
1--what I was suggesting was that this debate inevitably goes the same way every time and once again I can't resist gettin' involved. If you insist on putting some other twist on it that wasn't there I can't stop you. But you'd be mistaken.
2--Didn't say it, didn't imply it. I agreed with you but you invariably always put the most outrageous spin on the argument you can manage to make it seem impossible and I followed up with an alternative model that was more modest but demonstrably economically feasible in the U.S.
3--NO, the analogy you used was the NFL and the one I used was Arena Football. Both are American style football--not soccer.
4--Again, I offered a current typical range of attendance from between 2K to 10K depending on market and import of a given match. And what Arena Football does is offer a season, a home team, weekly matches leading to playoffs and an yearly championship--precisely the kind of offering X Ball is meant to develop into. The key point is that the scale of sport as a viable economic and professional offering isn't limited to either million dollar players or weekend warriors. In between states can flourish as a sport grows.
5--Nobody yet knows what sort of potential pball as a spectator sport has. My point isn't that it's a dead bang guarantee but that there is enough flexibility in our marketplace to allow it to develop to it's potential.
6--because millions of people do it every week for all manner of other sports. My mom loves basketball and baseball, watches both regularly and loves her hometown teams but never once swung a bat or shot a free throw.
7--yep, I get copied all your stuff.
But that same kid can't go hit the half pipe he sees on TV.8--I don't view your posts with incredulity. What I wonder at is the seeming hostility and determination you seem to have for dismissing any prospect of a future that includes pball as a legit sport.
Almost makes me wonder where the vision and risk-taking mentality went that allowed someone to imagine a Brit pball mag could have any success or failing that the will and effort to turn it into something that could succeed.
J