[willardst]

Does anyone have links to sponsors that are good but are very open to new teams? (PM Me if you have links)


And do sponsors ever hand out money or free stuff to benefit the teams?

[snipermonkey2]

Umm there is no link to just sponsors. You need to become a known team and have a good rep to get sponsors to hand you free stuff.

[snipermonkey2]

Most sponsors just get you hook ups on discounted gear or pay your entry fee.

[willardst]

When you win local tournaments and stuff do you usually get money?

[snipermonkey2]

Well it depends what the prizes are for the tourny. Some tournys have money or markers or paint.

[Paintfighter]

Keep in mind that most sponsors are looking for something in return as well. No one is going to line up to give new teams anything. However, if you have something to offer in return you may have more luck. A team would offer visibility for their logo on jerseys etc, and also some busnesses like to have pictures of teams they sponsor to show community imvolvement to potential customers. Put together a presentation for some of your local businesses showing them what sort of visibility sponsorship of your team will get them and what if anything (pictures of the team in jerseys with their logo etc) you will give in return. If you present it as giving them an advertising opportunity rather than asking for a handout you will probably get a lot further. Best of luck.

[Crawdaddy]

It's only an advertising benefit if you will be at a lot of large events and actually winning enough to be seen. My advice is to enter some tournaments and when you start winning and your team starts getting seen out front then maybe you can start asking around for a sponsorship. I'm in business and I have lots of people approaching me to fund this or that or whatever and there is only so much money available to do it. I'll sponsor local sports teams like kids soccer or hockey because I know there will always be parents there watching their kids and local news coverage and 20 kids sporting my company logo. An off the street offer for a new tourney team will get ignored unless you can prove that I will get some return on my money and I actually play paintball.

[willardst]

Is there any tournaments in jacksonville florida that get on tv?