Derby Deeds Podcast™ – Episode #123
- September 7th, 2012
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- By Megatron
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Did you miss us last week?
- 0:00:00 – Show Open & Shout Outs!
- 0:03:35 – Juke Boxx talks about her trip to Europe with Team USA
- 0:13:00 – San Diego Roller Derby wins Spudtown Knockdown!
- 0:15:30 – Interview with Isabelle Ringer
- 0:44:00 – Rachel Rotten joins the show!
- 0:52:25 – North Central Regional Tournament Preview with Juke Boxx!
- 0:57:30 – Interview with the Queen City Roller Girls
- 1:19:15 – Phone Calls!
- 1:26:30 – Kilda recaps No Coast vs Detroit!
- 1:31:00 – Derby Supply Gear Review – STINKOUT!
- 1:39:30 – Left 4 Deadwards offers a quick rant…
- 1:42:50 – Show Close
We are so excited about this year’s WFTDA Big 5 tournament season we had to start talking about it this week. We chat with Buffalo’s Queen City Roller Girls, the gracious hostesses of Thrill of the Spill. Juke Boxx held her jet lag at bay like a champ to give us her take on this year’s North Central regionals (though you may have already seen Minnesota’s predictions on Facebook).
Megatron chats with Angel City Derby Girls’ Rachel Rotten about the Vagine Regime’s awesome documentary (something about colliding vaginas…?). There’s only a week left to help them raise their production costs. Skip out on buying that next round and contribute!
In the shadow of Transfergate Pitchit and Chrome talk the business of roller derby with San Diego Derby Dolls general manager Isabelle Ringer. Yes: the business of roller derby. We know you have opinions on this. You know how to share ‘em with us, so take in our opinions and suggestions and let us know what you think.
Hey citizens of Listenertown, UK (and neighbors)! You have an amazing opportunity to skate and train with Derby Deeds’ most lovable cast member, Pitchit! Next month he travels to Northampton to join some amazing US and UK skating talent at SK8 Heaven. Clink on that link for more info.
This week’s cast:
- Jason Megatron Burrows
- Juke Boxx
- Rachel Rotten
- Vile Love It
- HerAssHer
- Chrome Molly
- Isabelle Ringer
- and Pitchit!
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Great interview with Isabelle! I think what stood out for me was her point that when you allow everyone to get a say, they will want what is best for themselves individually. I used to believe that the best way for all of us to run our sport was the democratic way. But I have to say that I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how bogged down the WFTDA is and how ridiculously long it takes for the organization to make positive changes and I can’t help but wonder if it’s because of our democratic way of doing things. It makes me want to scream when I hear skaters defend it and say that they are willing to wait 1.5-2 years for rules changes so that they know they will be the right change. I think if we keep going that route it won’t be long before we run this sport into the ground all over again.
I’m really starting to wonder if having some sort of Commissioner would be a better option now that the organization is so large. I don’t know the exact quote or who said it, but sometimes it’s better to have a good king than a bad democracy.
Ringer made the point that those who may want to invest in our sport (whether it’s the fans or sponsors) feel that it’s unwatchable in it’s current incarnation. I 100% agree with that. But that’s not even the worst of it. I have been skating for 8 years now and I’ve never hated playing this game as much as I do right now. It’s gotten so bad that I have begun to seriously contemplate how much longer I really want to play this sport. And I know I’m not the only one. Why are we so afraid to fix the problems in a timely manner as they come up? Who cares if the solution isn’t the best one? We can’t possibly know it’s the best one by waiting 2 years to act either. We can always make another change. And in the end, don’t we want to have a sport that is actually fun to play as well as watch?
P.S. Kevin G’s phone call made me really sad. Mostly because I can identify with what he was saying. I don’t find myself talking to strangers as much about derby these days because it’s just not as good as it used to be.
@Winona Fighter
It has been known for millennia that a good king is better than a bad democracy. But that’s not the choice you get to make, the choice you get to make is between a bad king and a bad democracy.
I agree with Winona Fighter that the current WFTDA process is unwieldy and that waiting 1.5 – 2 years does not guarantee that the result will be the “right change”, as I believe the 2013 ruleset will prove.
I’ve been wondering why a group of like minded leagues (basically a subset of WFTDA founding members) haven’t gotten together to discuss what “taking the sport to the next level” is and then those leagues capable of getting there, forming their own group.
I see no reason why this subset of WFTDA would have to leave WFTDA, as WFTDA’s current mission is a very broad one of promoting roller derby around the world. And it would be silly for the two organizations to not embrace one another, but the new subgroup would basically run their own shop.