If there were at one version of the true Roller Derby that exists at a national level, any variation of that would be expected or accepted.  But, it is sad that the true Roller Derby is not in place where the variations are.

I watched Rollergirls tonight from my home in Hawaii and was happy that the girls were happy, but sad that people who now meet the sport entertainment would actually believe that the sport entertainment is at that level.

Who sabotaged the Roller Derby any way?

Dr. Yuen

Don't you hate being the first one to post about a topic, especially
when you have very little good to say?
Okay, the one good thing I will say about the league and the show is
this..the girls seem to be having fun.
Okay, the rest. The show was so bad I couldn't even watch it all. I
just left it on while I was doing other things. At least half the
show had no skating in it. It showed the girl acting like immature
kids. TeePeeing and egging houses and cars of opponents, arguing,
getting drunk and dancing and showing off their rears. None of which
I found the least bit interesting.
Then there was the skating. Strictly amatuerville.  Mainly just
pushing and pulling, girls tripping over each other, huge pileups and
dragging people down on the track while they wore their cheap sleazy
outfits which the guys loved, I'm sure the main reason most people
came to the game. I assume nobody got any penalties because there was
no spinning of the penalty wheel they showed, so we were saved seeing
girls doing the spank alley thing or other silly stuff.
I really wish I could say some good about the show. I love roller
derby like crazy and love skating it. To me this show and those
leagues aren't derby. But hey, they're having fun, so I guess that's
good.

                      David