This story is shocking... truly shocking. I had no idea that “professional paintballer” was a thing.
Same here.
Neither did I but you can make a living at i. From an article I found on the Web:
As in all professional sports, there is a range of salaries that ultimately depends on your skill and worth to any given team. According to data collected in the United States, the bottom 10% of professional paintballers average $36,000 per year.
If you are good enough to make it into the top 10% of the sport, you can expect a salary of around $165,000.
If you want a cumulative average of what the general professional paintballer makes per year, you are looking at about $77,000.
Not too bad at all when you think about it. Getting paid more than the average person to play a fun game is undoubtedly a privilege.
However, these numbers do not precisely reflect the money earned from simply playing paintball. A big chunk of the cash these paintballers make comes from sponsorships and advertisements.
On average, professional paintballers earn about $40,000 from sponsorships alone — it is clearly a huge part of their annual income.
I thought Dodgeball ranked higher than paintball
Or “professional Cornhole player”.