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Title: Why I Am Refusing To NSO Any Games with Clovis
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Title: Why I Am Refusing To NSO Any Games with Clovis's Dirty Curry Prairie Dollz
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I have an ax to grind with the Clovis roller derby team.
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We have played a lot of games in the last two years,
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The M'Atom Bombs have played a lot of games in the last two years,
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have lost plenty of games at home and away,
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but I have never left feeling as butthurt and angry as I am after our July 20 home game
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but I have never left feeling as angry as I am after the July 20 home game
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against Clovis.
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Summary
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----------
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The Los Alamos M'Atom Bombs have been playiny against other teams since early 2012.
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100% of the games we have played against Clovis have resulted in a serious injury
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(requiring long-term medical attention and resulting in a roster reduction at future games).
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0% of the games we have played against any other team
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(at least 8 teams) have resulted in a serious injury.
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I had previously refused to NSO any game with the player named Big Red
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(previously with Amarillo, now with Clovis),
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who caused our first injury.
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The Clovis team is dangerous,
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contentious,
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and mean-spirited.
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I got into derby because it was fun.
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Clovis is the opposite of fun.
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I am now refusing to participate in any game with the Clovis team.
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There are a few girls on the Clovis team who are fun to play with or against,
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and would fit in easily with any of the other teams I love to help in any way I can.
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and would fit in easily with any of the other fun teams the Bombs play.
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But there are people on the team who are abrasive and dangerous,
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and I don't feel the team is safe.
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I'm clearly not alone in feeling this way,
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@ -33,6 +23,28 @@ which is how I know this isn't my problem.
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It's Clovis's problem.
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Safety
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The Los Alamos M'Atom Bombs have been playing against other teams since early 2012.
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100% of the two games they have played against Clovis have resulted in a serious injury,
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needing long-term medical attention and resulting in a roster reduction at future games.
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0% of the dozens of games they have played against every other team
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(at least 8 teams) have resulted in a serious injury.
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I had already refused to NSO any game with the player named Big Red
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(formerly with Amarillo, now with Clovis),
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who caused the Bombs' first injury.
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Previously,
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the Las Cruces referee team and the Los Alamos head ref
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had also stated they would not participate in any game with her.
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I was not the first to do this,
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I may not be the last.
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The Score
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@ -65,12 +77,11 @@ Making The Most of Time
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We spent 22 minutes playing Roller Derby,
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20 minutes waiting for the rain to stop,
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and 65 minutes in timeouts and official reviews.
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and 65 minutes in timeouts, official reviews, and bickering.
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We play outdoors, and have to cancel due to weather.
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Our very first home game got snowed out.
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So when a flash flood warning was issued 5 minutes before our
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July 20 home game against Clovis,
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So when a flash flood warning was issued 5 minutes before the game,
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we asked our fans to shout out "no rain".
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Clovis used their official review less than 10 minutes into the first period's clock.
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@ -80,7 +91,7 @@ I called an official timeout because all four referees were engaged in the middl
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Less than 20 minutes in,
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I called an official timeout because a Los Alamos skater was writhing on the ground in pain.
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The "no rain" chants didn't work. A little over 20 minutes into the first period,'s clock,
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The "no rain" chants didn't work. A little over 20 minutes into the first period's clock,
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we called a 20 minute delay to see if the rain would stop.
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It did stop, long enough for us to run about 1:20 of the second period,
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at which point we had to call an end to the game.
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@ -98,10 +109,11 @@ but according to a friend, we didn't actually start until 8:15,
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We spent those 30 minutes listening to skaters argue about
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whether or not we should play the remaining 9 minutes on the first period.
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All told, the game ran 1 hour and 35 minutes, from 6:40 until 8:15
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Two 30-minute jams and a 20-minute halftime would have been
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1 hour and 20 minutes.
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Add in 6 team timeouts for 1 hour and 29 minutes.
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All told, the game ran 1 hour and 37 minutes, from 6:40 until 8:17.
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The teams only got 22 minutes of gameplay.
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Two 30-minute jams, a 20-minute halftime, and all 6 team timeouts
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would have taken
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1 hour and 29 minutes.
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Of course, we didn't know at the time that the rain would coincide exactly
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with when halftime was scheduled.
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If you don't get the joke, the Los Alamos "M'Atom Bombs" is a play on words:
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"Madam" is a polite formal address for a woman,
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which the team altered to pay homage to Los Alamos being the birthplace of the nuclear bomb.
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This fan is suggesting the word be spelled "Madam",
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which the team altered to pay homage to Los Alamos being the birthplace of the nuclear—or "atom"—bomb.
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This fan is suggesting the word be spelled "Madame",
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the title given to a Brothel (prostitution house) owner.
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The official team account then acknowledges the joke with a wink.
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I know things are different in Texas and eastern New Mexico,
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and people get very passionate about sports.
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But I have many professional associates in Lubbock and Amarillo,
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But I have many professional associates in Amarillo and Lubbock,
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and they are all decent, courteous people, with a strong moral compass and sense of pride,
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so I know this isn't a cultural issue.
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Joking that the other team is a bunch of whores doesn't engender good feelings,
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Joking that the other team is made up of prostitutes doesn't engender good feelings,
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and doesn't reflect well on the community you've built.
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@ -140,55 +152,59 @@ and doesn't reflect well on the community you've built.
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After Party
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The Los Alamos Derby Dames and Animas Roller Girls (Farmington) have an excellent relationship.
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They are the founding members of the "New Mexico Chupacabras" regional travel team,
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and regularly drive out to each others' games just to sit in the bleachers and cheer.
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At the very first Los Alamos / Farmington game, the after-party was in a dive bar
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(the only place in town still open after the game).
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The Bombs brought home-made chili in Crock pots and bags of Fritos.
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It was awesome, and began a love affair between the two teams.
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The Bombs brought home-made chili in Crock pots, and bags of Fritos.
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It was awesome, and began a strong relationship between the two teams.
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For our July 20 after party,
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For the July 20 after party,
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we were planning to open up the skating rink,
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play music with a DJ light show,
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and have pizza delivered.
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and pay to have pizza delivered.
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It rained, and I had to break down the PA system and lights,
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but we still had pizza and drinks.
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but we still had free pizza and drinks for everyone.
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Apparently this wasn't good enough for Clovis,
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so they had their own after party,
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so after the pizza ran out,
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they had their own after party,
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and then got mad that we didn't come.
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(we were busy breaking down and checking on our injured skater in the ER)
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We were busy breaking down and checking on the Bombs' injured skater in the emergency room.
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Clovis was (justifiably) unhappy that they didn't get to skate much,
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so the Bombs offered to scrimmage with them during their morning practice the next day.
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2 Clovis skaters showed up.
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Two Clovis skaters showed up.
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You ladies were great,
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and I'm glad I got the opportunity to hang out with you.
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Good luck with your team.
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I've gotten word that some of the other Clovis skaters decided to stay at the hotel instead.
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I've gotten word that some of the other Clovis skaters stayed at the hotel instead.
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We tried our best.
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Even though the Bombs tried their best to be good hosts,
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the Clovis team and their fans decided the appropriate response
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was to ditch us and then complain on Facebook.
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In Closing
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Your overly-agressive playing,
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Your overly-aggressive playing,
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obnoxious attitude,
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and decision to support your fans bad-mouthing us,
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combine to not only make me feel justified,
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but downright tingly at the thought of never officiating another game with Clovis.
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combine to me feel completely justified
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in not officiating any more games with Clovis.
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My life is too short to waste it on dealing with nasty people.
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The Clovis skaters feeling embarrassed by the actions of a few team-mates
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need to decide how many boycotts you're willing to let them bring you.
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My life is too short to waste time dealing with nasty people.
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If you are a Clovis skater feeling embarrassed by the actions of a few team-mates,
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you need to decide how many boycotts you're willing to let them bring upon the team.
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I will probably not be the only official to do this.
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I wrote the free woozle.org penalty timer app for Android,
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with almost 1000 active users.
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At 2013's Roller Con,
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will be unveiling free plans for a build-it-yourself electronic scoreboard,
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I will be unveiling free plans for a build-it-yourself electronic scoreboard,
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and for a build-it-yourself derby-specific stopwatch.
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I'm also co-presenting, with Evil Lucian from Moab,
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best practices for small town derby teams to run a bout with limited staff.
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* [Running Audio/Visual for a Roller Derby Bout](derby-av.html)
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* [Dirtbags DJ Setup](dj.html)
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* [Copyright Advice for Small Leagues](derby-copyright.html)
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* [Why I'm Boycotting the Clovis Dirty Curry Prairie Dollz](dcpd.html)
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