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'''Free Agent''' is a tournament [[paintball film]] produced by [[DerDer Productions]], documenting the 2006 professional paintball season in the United States. The film covers competition in the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) and [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP), including the [[National Xball League]] (NXL).[1][2]

The DVD has a runtime of approximately 90 minutes and carries a 2007 copyright notice.[1]

== Content ==

''Free Agent'' focuses on professional paintball during the 2006 season, a period in which player contracts, transfers and financial opportunities were becoming increasingly prominent in the sport.[1][2]

The film documents competition between leading professional teams across the NXL's X-Ball format and the NPPL's seven-player format.

Its promotional material places particular emphasis on players seeking paid contracts and the efforts of competing teams to challenge [[Dynasty]]'s dominance in NPPL competition.[2]

== Tournament coverage ==

The original DVD packaging identifies footage from nine events during the 2006 season:[1]

* PSP Texas Open
* NPPL Huntington Beach
* PSP Las Vegas Open
* NPPL Boston
* PSP Chicago Open
* NPPL San Diego
* PSP Southern California
* NPPL Orange County
* [[2006 Paintball World Cup]]

The coverage includes both seven-player NPPL competition and X-Ball matches organised through the PSP and NXL.

== Bonus features ==

The DVD includes the third episode of ''On the Short Bus'', a recurring bonus feature in DerDer Productions' films.

The episode features:

* [[Nicky Cuba]]
* [[Todd Martinez]]
* Brian Cole

The participants are identified on the original DVD packaging.[1][3]

== Production and release ==

''Free Agent'' was produced by DerDer Productions and distributed on DVD.

Although the film documents the 2006 tournament season and is catalogued as a 2006 production by BKi Paintball, its original DVD packaging carries a copyright notice dated 2007.[1][4]

The exact commercial release date has not been independently established.

The film was subsequently included in a six-disc DerDer collection alongside:

* ''[[Natural Selection (paintball film)|Natural Selection]]''
* ''[[War of Attrition (paintball film)|War of Attrition]]''
* ''[[Soldiers of Misfortune]]''
* ''[[Progression (paintball film)|Progression]]''
* ''[[300 FPS]]''

The collection was distributed through paintball retailers including ANSgear.[3]

== Availability ==

''Free Agent'' is included in the DerDer classic paintball film collection made available through [[BKi Paintball]]. The collection also includes several other productions documenting professional paintball during the 2000s.[4]

== See also ==

* [[DerDer Productions]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Paintball films]]

== References ==

# [https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pTwAAeSwqg1pq9GQ/s-l1600.webp DerDer Productions, ''Free Agent'', original DVD rear cover, including tournament locations, runtime, bonus features and 2007 copyright notice.]
# [https://ansgear.com/derder-free-agent-dvd/ ANSgear, "Derder Free Agent DVD", historical product description.]
# [https://ansgear.com/derder-6-pack-dvd/ ANSgear, "Derder 6 Pack Paintball DVD", collection contents and bonus feature information.]
# [https://www.bkipaintball.com/course?courseid=derder BKi Paintball, "DerDer Productions Classic Paintball Videos".]

== External links ==

* [https://www.bkipaintball.com/course?courseid=derder DerDer classic films at BKi Paintball]

[[Category:Paintball films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]