2nd Point - NHL Locked Out on Advertising

The recent announcement for an 8 Billion dollar contract 6-year extension should be a wakeup call to NHLPA about just how much money is out there to be had. The players are all businessmen, and as such, cannot fault an owner for trying to make money from his organization. The NHL television deal has NBC paying NHL NOTHING. They will simply split profit after NBC takes out cost of production. With no guaranteed revenue, and only gate and merchandise profits to claim, how can players insist on maintaining same salary levels they enjoy today? At this point, it doesn't matter that owners caused ship to start sinking, standing at either end of boat will not save this league. The players need to get back from Europe, force their Union to return to table, and negotiate a settlement. As stated in previous posts, players will lose money. Why make it worse?

3-Pointer : Pittsburg is Real Steel!

The win over New England surprised some, but critics figured Patriots were due for a loss. Then they beat Eagles with their starting running back on cheerleader duty. That was impressive. And so is Ben, Real Deal, Roethlisberger! The schedule will only become easier for Steelers after those huge games, which will do nothing but help Ben learn more about his team, and about himself. They may not win Super Bowl this year, but they are sure to make it there!

Referee Administered Games

Games at insured fields are usually if not always refereed by a minimum of 2 referees. These referees are trained to watch for safety related issues and if they see any they have authority to due whatever they feel is appropriate to repress issue, anything from removing offending player(s) or stopping game-play.

Dead Zone (Staging Area)

All fields have an area that is apart from play fields for purpose of preparing yourself to play. This area is usually called "Dead Zone", Safe Zone" or "Staging Area" it is where all players meet before playing to be divided into teams, hear rules and regulation for field, return to when eliminated and to get equipment ready for play. In this area it is against rules to fire your marker at all regardless of whether it is loaded, because in this area players do not have to have their goggles on.

Equipment Fail safes

Above I listed safety rules & regulations at field level which in themselves prevent a lot of injuries while playing Paintball. There are other safety measure in place also that a lot of people are unaware of because it does not directly effect them as far as person actions. These safety measures are at equipment level and are implemented by manufacturers of equipment. Below I will explain some of them in detail;

Air Tank Expiration Dates - All tanks High Pressure Air, CO2 and NO2 have a date listed on them that after date you have to get tank tested and approved for safety before it can be filled again.

Air Pressure Release Valve - All Air tanks also have a valve up on fill valve that has what they call a burst disk which is a thin piece of metal that will burst if pressure in tank gets above acceptable limits allowing tank to release air preventing tank from bursting.

Safety Switches on Markers - All markers are equipped with a safety on trigger frame which when in safe position prevents trigger from being pulled.

Powerfeed turn off - Some markers have a powerfeed which is a type of feed for paintballs to enter marker. These powerfeeds have a plastic plug on bottom that you can turn 180 degrees which will prevent balls from entering marker thus if marker is shot no paintball will be projected.

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