American Paintball League (APL) offering Millennium Format - Valken splits from NPPL





Quote: Originally Posted by American Paintball League CONTACT:

Shawn Walker



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oceanside, Calif. - November 4, 2013 - After a successful 2013 tournament season, Paintball Promotions Inc. is proud to announce the formation of a new national paintball circuit, the American Paintball League (APL).



The APL will offer five events at sites across the United States with teams competing in a 5-player Millennium Style Race format. A Professional Division will be offered by invitation along with Semi-Pro through Division 4 levels open to all players and teams.



"Valken is strongly behind Shawn Walker and the Paintball Promotions staff. We are excited to build off our fantastic 2013 season and can't wait for 2014!", said Gino Postorivo, President and CEO of Valken Sports. "The American Paintball League brings all the best aspects of our sport together and Valken is proud to be the presenting sponsor."



Tony Mineo will serve as Commissioner for the APL and all events will be officiated by his professional crew of experienced referees.



PBPromotionslive.com will be broadcasting live at every event with the continued partnership with Universal Streaming Network.



More information will be released soon including venues, dates, prize packages, entry fees and Professional team names. Quote: Shawn*Walker Originally Posted by I know everyone has lots of questions regarding the APL. We wanted to get this initial press release out and plan to release more info every week. Here are some initial answers to the questions we have heard. If you have more, please feel free to email us directly or we will try and check back here on pbnation.



I think it was clear that we (Paintball Promotions) never owned the NPPL name or trademark. We had a license to use the name last season. I think all went well last year and we were good custodians of the league and name. We did not renew that licensing agreement. I am unsure what the owners of the NPPL name plan to do with it now.



With the amount of changes necessary to bring the league more in line with what our customers were wanting we felt it best to start with a new name and new direction. It's hard to see 7-man go away, but it seemed necessary at this stage. Most events across the nation are some version of 5-man. Rather than trying to bring the water to the horse we thought it makes more sense to bring the horse to the water. Basically rather than try and change peoples mindset on what type of paintball to play it made more sense to provide an event and series that fits what people want.



We have spoken to many of the Pro teams and many have indicated they are interested in playing in the APL. We will be announcing confirmed Pro teams in smaller groups over the next few months.



Schedule will be out once all the other leagues release their schedule. We are the new kid in town and will be respectful to make sure dates and locations aren't on top of other dates. We've already followed up and asked them the following questions, but please post here what else you would like to know:



What will happen to the NPPL name (format, league)? - They've cut ties. See above.



Is 7 man being abandoned? - Yes, see above.



Have any PSP or Millennium pro teams committed to playing?



When will there be a schedule?



EDIT: What Millennium rules will be used? What fields? We just received this press release from the brand new American Paintball League (APL).- They've cut ties. See above.- Yes, see above.Have any PSP or Millennium pro teams committed to playing?When will there be a schedule?EDIT: What Millennium rules will be used? What fields?

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