Hi, (Industry Flame Suit On)
OK so I am giving advance notice, lol....This thread is a personal/business rant. I intend to point no direct fingers at anyone/any company/etc etc but more of a generalized topic in which maybe, just maybe some conversations will sprout from in that can improve the very subject of this rant.
Jersey Shooters....speaking specifically to ELR genre Jersey Shooters!!!
I just do not get the how and why some of you must act so superior to non Jersey Shooters.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel the need to assert your knowledge of "what counts and what doesn't count" yet you break safety procedures left and right.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if someone that is not wearing a Jersey somehow is not affiliated and directly connected to not only the ELR shooting genre but to the firearms industry directly.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if a Jersey somehow gives you the right to not be an ambassador to the ELR community; as if the sponsor(s) on your Jersey run the community.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if you should not be concerned as much about the projection of the company names on your Jersey as you are concerned about match placement.
Company Owners aka Sponsors....
Let us be real for a minute, sponsoring a shooter, especially in the ELR genre has pretty much a zero ROI. It is a cost center allocated in your marketing budget, not a revenue generator because the community itself is not large enough in the scheme of things to provide a return on that sponsorship package.
So why in the world would companies allow their sponsored shooters to do anything that hinders the growth of the community?
So why in the world would companies allow their sponsored shooters to do anything that hinders the possibility of other companies joining with yours as a more synergistic sponsorship?
So why in the world are companies not demanding better brand ambassadorship from their shooters wearing Jerseys with their name on it? Every other industry sponsorship packages line that sort of thing out sentence by sentence.
Shooters In General...
You NEVER know who that non jersey wearing person is at the match.
They could be social media managers from a company looking for people to sponsor.
They could be the accounting managers from a company looking for people to sponsor.
They could be the wife of another shooter that is just trying to get his wife more involved aka GROWING the community.
Summation...
NOBODY is shooting PRS and/or ELR competitions for a living, no matter how many names you have on your Jersey; so maybe the industry would grow better IF more people focused on Ambassadorship instead of chasing sponsorship.
The sponsorship's will come to you IF you have the personality and attitude companies seek for their "In House" employees.
Sincerely,
Theis
OK so I am giving advance notice, lol....This thread is a personal/business rant. I intend to point no direct fingers at anyone/any company/etc etc but more of a generalized topic in which maybe, just maybe some conversations will sprout from in that can improve the very subject of this rant.
Jersey Shooters....speaking specifically to ELR genre Jersey Shooters!!!
I just do not get the how and why some of you must act so superior to non Jersey Shooters.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel the need to assert your knowledge of "what counts and what doesn't count" yet you break safety procedures left and right.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if someone that is not wearing a Jersey somehow is not affiliated and directly connected to not only the ELR shooting genre but to the firearms industry directly.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if a Jersey somehow gives you the right to not be an ambassador to the ELR community; as if the sponsor(s) on your Jersey run the community.
I just do not get the how and why some of you feel as if you should not be concerned as much about the projection of the company names on your Jersey as you are concerned about match placement.
Company Owners aka Sponsors....
Let us be real for a minute, sponsoring a shooter, especially in the ELR genre has pretty much a zero ROI. It is a cost center allocated in your marketing budget, not a revenue generator because the community itself is not large enough in the scheme of things to provide a return on that sponsorship package.
So why in the world would companies allow their sponsored shooters to do anything that hinders the growth of the community?
So why in the world would companies allow their sponsored shooters to do anything that hinders the possibility of other companies joining with yours as a more synergistic sponsorship?
So why in the world are companies not demanding better brand ambassadorship from their shooters wearing Jerseys with their name on it? Every other industry sponsorship packages line that sort of thing out sentence by sentence.
Shooters In General...
You NEVER know who that non jersey wearing person is at the match.
They could be social media managers from a company looking for people to sponsor.
They could be the accounting managers from a company looking for people to sponsor.
They could be the wife of another shooter that is just trying to get his wife more involved aka GROWING the community.
Summation...
NOBODY is shooting PRS and/or ELR competitions for a living, no matter how many names you have on your Jersey; so maybe the industry would grow better IF more people focused on Ambassadorship instead of chasing sponsorship.
The sponsorship's will come to you IF you have the personality and attitude companies seek for their "In House" employees.
Sincerely,
Theis
I’m loud and I’m sure some people might not see my humor, but I always make it a point to help spot, loan equipment, offer suggestions, do anything I can to help everyone shoot their best and have the best possible time doing it! I like to surround myself with the same type of people too.
So I guess I’m a participant now. Next, all of these people arrive in fancy trucks displaying their company names. They get out with fancy jerseys. They kind of reminded me of bikers 
but with less tight clothes. So we begin. It was AWESOME!!! I’m hooked. I hit a few targets. I made impact at two thousand, two hundred and freaking three yards. Then, as things were wrapping up and everyone was getting less serious and more chatty, a fella, made a loud remark as I was setting up for my final stage. “If you borrow someone’s ammo, and you borrow someone’s gun, and you cant calculate your own dope, it doesn’t count.” He wasn’t speaking directly to me, in fact he was telling others how he almost got beat by a woman. He might not even had known that I borrowed all of those thing. By the way, I can calculate my own dope, but my friend already had it set up. I’m a teacher and I can take a lot of crap from high schoolers who think they are so cool. I was furious, but calmly finished my last stage. I was wearing my family’s company shirt randomly, they do not sponsor shooters, etc. I went through various scenarios in my mind of how I can handle this. It went from politely telling him that my impacts count, to throat chopping him. I ended up sucking it up, why should I let someone who must be overcompensating for something get to me. Also, I was wearing my company shirt, I didn’t want to be known as the lady from that company who throat chopped someone. Ha! The point is, that moment sucked. My kids try my friends gear, and if they were on that firing line and hear that jersey shooter say that, they might never want to come back. In the end, I messaged the big boys and put an order in for a “big gun.” I may need to get a third job and lay off the purchasing of athletic wear for a while, but I’ll be back and will humbly do better.
