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After a fantastic event in Kansas City, Missouri where the NPPL ventured out to not only a new city, but to an entire new venue concept of holding Center Court INDOORS, the entire industry is talking about one thing: the way the fight for 1st and 2nd went down Sunday night.

Unfinished Business

An otherwise stellar event finished with controversy at NPPL event #4 in Kansas City this past weekend. In the Professional division, Edmonton Impact and the Ironmen battled through three games vying for first place. Impact won the first game, the second ended in a draw and the third went to Ironmen.. By NPPL rules the match should have ended with a shootout to break the tie, each team picking 3 players to play a best-of-three series of “one on one”.

Emotions and tension ran high and instead of playing the shootout, both teams requested to settle for a tie. Although at the time this seemed like an acceptable resolution, upon further review by the league’s Rules Committee, it has been decided to finish what should have been completed Sunday night in Kansas City.

Therefore in the San Diego NPPL Commander’s Cup this November, before the Professional games begin, the tie-breaker will be played between the Ironmen and Edmonton Impact. The winner will be crowned the Kansas City Professional Champion and awarded the 26 ranking points that go along with first place while the other team will be awarded 2nd place and 23 ranking points.

The NPPL Rules Committee consists of current and former players along with league officials who make up the 9 voting members and one moderator. The role of the Rules Committee is to address issues between events concerning rules and regulation. When actions occur that aren’t within the rule book, the Rules Committee is called upon to determine what steps need to be taken to achieve resolution while upholding the intentions and integrity of the league for current and future play.

The Race is On

As in previous seasons, the NPPL will be promoting the top three Semi Pro teams from 2007 to the 2008 Professional League, and relegating the bottom three Professional teams from 2007 to the 2008 Semi Professional League.

The race for regulation is tight - after Kansas City only the top 7 teams in the Pro Division are truly protected.

Top performances still needed for promotion to the Pro Rank - To control their own fate, Semi Pro team SD Aftermath must reach the semifinals in San Diego. For A-Team and OC Bushwackers, controlling their move to the Pro Ranks means finishes of 2nd and 1st respectively.

Also, the Pro Groupings are set no matter which team takes the Kansas City win between Ironmen and Impact. Impact will enter San Diego as the No. 1 seed and Ironmen will be No. 3. Dynasty will be ranked between at No. 2. Below are the two groupings for San Diego:

San Diego Pro Group 1
Edmonton Impact
Stockholm Joy Division
Los Angeles Infamous
Montreal Image
Las Vegas LTZ
Jersey Authority
St. Louis Avalanche
Miami Rage
Chicago Farside


San Diego Pro Group 2
Oakland Blast
San Diego Dynasty
Ironmen
New England Hurricanes
Portland Naughty Dogs
Jacksonville Raiders
Pittsburgh All Americans
Sacramento Excessive
Pasadena Bad Company


All of this and more will be taking place at the Commander’s Cup in San Diego November 30th – December 2nd outside of Qualcomm Stadium. Team Registration for the event is now open at www.NPPL.com. For more information on how you can be a part of the NPPL Super 7 World Series’ 25th event, please call the NPPL headquarters at (909) 230 4388 or email info@NPPL.tv.

Remember to tune in to Fox Sports Net Tuesday at 4:30 PM to watch the first episode of Xtreme Paintball: Beyond the Paint!

More details surrounding the San Diego event can be found at www.NPPL.com. Questions? Call the NPPL at (909) 230-4388 Monday - Friday.