This weekend the Betties (yay!) are playing the Heathers (boo!) in Rose City intraleague play. Sometimes I blog about roller derby; I tell you all about my feelings, maybe some helpful tips (as helpful as they can be from someone who’s only about average), news, etc. But I don’t blog everything.
I’d like to tell you how I might be playing a lot this weekend because of who won’t be playing – but I’m not telling you the roster. Why?
1. I have no idea if the other team knows the roster.
2. I’m not telling you why people aren’t playing.
The internet doesn’t get to know ahead of time if one of my teammates is out of town, or having personal issues, or injured. It doesn’t seem right to reveal that for amateur athletes who pay dues to play.
What do you think?
What kind of information needs to be available for fans for roller derby to be viewed as a “real” sport by the mainstream media?
Do you need to know the approximate return time for any injured skaters, and how they picked up the injury?






