I didn't see it. Let me ask you all this. If you think of it in
the following context, does it change your views?:

For the time being, there is no "major league" roller derby. The
pros who drew on decades of experience and participated in a league
that skated venues in major US cities and performed on
television...are no more. The Rollergirls use Roller Derby rules,
but they are not major league; they are semi-pros, who own a stake
in their operations and may or may not draw any salary, and
participate mostly for the camaraderie, the physical exertion, and
the thrill of performing. Their operations are only a few years
old; they only skate a half dozen matches a year. Most of them
don't even use a banked track.

As I've said before, I play in a weekend band. We're pretty good
for what we are, but I surely wouldn't expect someone to come listen
to us and leave saying, "They aren't Garth Brooks." We're not at
the scale, and neither are the Rollergirls.

So, taken from the perspective that the Rollergirls are amateurs
playing the game they like for a couple hundred spectators a few
times a year...does that change your opinion?
--- In bankedtracknews@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Adrian Yuen"
<ayuen@p...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: bankedtracknews@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:bankedtracknews@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of DAV0002
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:28 PM
> To: bankedtracknews@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BANKED TRACK NEWS] Rollergirls
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
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