Now the world will get a chance to see “THE WAY PAINTBALL WAS MEANT TO BE” with the announcement of the 2003 NXL™ Schedule. “A NEW ERA IN PAINTBALL” began with the introduction of X Ball™ - the game - at the Nations Cup, held in Pittsburg last August in conjunction with the Diablo International Amateur Open.  Now eight (8) professional paintball teams representing the largest metropolitan areas of the United States will play an action-packed 112-game schedule in the X Ball™ format culminating with playoffs and World Championship.

The NXL™ is the first professional paintball league to employ match play rather than the traditional tournament competitions.  The member teams of the NXL™ are:

Baltimore Trauma
Chicago Aftershock
Detroit Thunder
Los Angeles Ironmen*
Miami Effect
New York Xtreme
Oakland Intimidators*
Philadelphia Americans
(* Team Name may be subject to change)

The NXL™ will play its schedule including the playoffs at various venues beginning in February and concluding in October.  The season will commence at the 2003 DraXxus Mardi Gras Open in New Orleans and continue at the NPPL/PSP L.A. Open, NPPL/PSP Las Vegas Open, NPPL/PSP Chicago Open, Millennium Series Toulouse Event, NPPL/PSP Atlantic City Open, and culminate with the playoffs and World Championship at the NPPL/PSP World Cup in Orlando.
In Orlando, in addition to the crowning of a NXL™ Champion, the top teams from the NXL™ will compete against the top European X Ball™ teams to crown a “World Champion”.  Paintball has never seen an organization committed to the growth of the sport through the spectators.

The Vision Statement of the NXL™ is:
“The National X Ball League™ will increase the awareness of paintball by providing quality entertainment for spectators and provide an opportunity to develop paid, professional paintball players.”

For more information on the game of X Ball™ or the NXL™, please contact Mike Ratko, Commissioner, at 514 337 1779, ext. 209 or via email at info@nxlpaintball.com.

For more information about the NPPL/PSP events (including Division I and II in the X Ball™ format), contact Lane Wright at lane@nppl.com or visit www.nppl.com

For more information about the Millennium Series, contact Niall Squires at niall@milllennium-series.com or visit www.millennium-series.com

MARDI GRAS 

Day/Time	0900h	1030h	1300h	1430h	1600h
Thursday	MIA v. BAL	DET v. PHL	LAv. NY	CHI v. OAK	PHL v. MIA
Friday	DET v. OAK	BAL v. NY	LA v.CHI	PHL v. OAK	MIA v. NY
Saturday	BAL v. CHI	DET v. LA	OAKv. MIA	NY v. CHI	PHL v. LA
Sunday	NY v. DET	PHL v. BAL	OAKv. LA	MIA v. CHI	BAL v. DET

LOS ANGELES 

Day/Time	0900h	1030h	1300h	1430h	1600h
Thursday	MIA v. LA	CHI v. DET	OAKv. BAL	NY v. PHL	MIA v. DET
Friday	CHI v. PHL	LA v. BAL	OAKv. NY	PHL v. DET	BAL v. MIA
Saturday	OAK v. CHI	NY v. LA	PHLv. MIA	OAK v. DET	NY v. BAL
Sunday	OAK v. PHL	CHI v. LA	NY v.MIA	LA v. DET	CHI v. BAL

LAS VEGAS 

Day/Time	0900h	1030h	1300h	1430h	1600h
Thursday	CHI v. NY	OAK v. MIA	LAv. PHL	DET v. BAL	CHI v. MIA
Friday	LA v. OAK	DET v. NY	BAL v.PHL	LA v. MIA	DET v. CHI
Saturday	PHL v. NY	BAL v. LA	DETv. MIA	PHL v. CHI	BAL v. OAK
Sunday	LA v. NY	CHI v. OAK	MIA v.BAL	DET v. PHL	NY v. OAK

CHICAGO 

Day/Time	0900h	1030h	1300h	1430h	1600h
Thursday	BAL v. NY	MIA v. PHL	DETv. OAK	LA v. CHI	MIA v. NY
Friday	PHL v. OAK	BAL v. CHI	DETv. LA	MIA v. OAK	NY v. CHI
Saturday	BAL v. DET	PHL v. LA	MIAv. CHI	NY v. DET	OAK v. LA
Sunday	PHL v. BAL	MIA v. LA	CHIv. DET	OAK v. BAL	NY v. PHL

TOULOUSE 

Day/Time	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Thursday	MIA v. DET	LA v. BAL	CHIv. PHL	OAK v. NY
Friday	PHL v. DET	BAL v. MIA	NYv. LA	OAK v. CHI
Saturday	NY v. BAL	OAK v. DET	MIAv. PHL	CHI v. LA

ATLANTIC CITY 

Day/Time	0900h	1030h	1300h	1430h	1600h
Thursday	MIA v. OAK	LA v. DET	CHIv. BAL	NY v. MIA	OAK v. PHL
Friday	LA v. PHL	CHI v. NY	DET v.BAL	LA v. OAK	CHI v. MIA
Saturday	DET v. NY	BAL v. PHL	LAv. MIA	DET v. CHI	BAL v. OAK
Sunday	NY v. OAK	PHL v. CHI	DETv. MIA	BAL v. LA	PHL v. NY

BAL - Baltimore, CHI - Chicago, DET - Detroit, LA - Los Angeles, MIA - Miami, NY - New York, OAK - Oakland, PHL - Philadelphia

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