| It's a question we all ask ourselves after reaching into | | | | that the paintball industry is full of middlemen. |
| our wallets and grabbing nothing but air after a | | | | Middlemen like National Paintball Supply that cut into the |
| weekend of playing paintball. Can't it be cheaper? Why | | | | profits. This is the big reason why paintballs are so |
| do we have to bust out $50-$100 to play every | | | | expensive. |
| weekend? Well... there are a number of factors you | | | | In short, paintballs and field entry fees account for |
| need to take account for. | | | | most of the profit field owners bring in, and those will |
| Like many extreme sports out there, with paintball | | | | only go up if they cannot make as much money selling |
| comes a liability issue on the field owners and | | | | equipment because of the amount of competition. |
| manufacturers part. To cover the cost of insurance | | | | So whats the solution? The solution lies in the hands of |
| and the potential cost for legal cases, companies and | | | | Dye, Smart Parts, Tippmann, and all the other paintball |
| fields figure prices to cover them accordingly. Now if | | | | companies out there. In order to battle this dilemma, |
| everyone promised never to sue, then we'd have a | | | | they need to stop handing out retail accounts like |
| cheaper sport... but since that isn't the case, we are | | | | lollipops and get their head back into the game, |
| going to have to deal with the higher prices. | | | | because if they don't, they'll be the ones to blame if |
| Now liability isn't the only cost suppliers and field | | | | paintball dies. |
| owners have to cover, they have to take into account | | | | |