Cincinnati Rollergirls have announced their home season, and the Officials Union Local 513 have created this handy form for you to let us know of your interest to officiate with us!

This year's games are:

• Sat, 3/23 Black Sheep v Brandywine Roller Derby (Sanctioned) / Violent Lambs v Brandywine (Regulation) Fan Appreciation Night!
• Sat, 4/6 Black Sheep v Steel City Roller Derby (Sanctioned) / Violent Lambs v Steel City (Regulation) Superhero Night!
• Sat, 4/27 Black Sheep v Charm City Roller Girls (Sanctioned) / Violent Lambs v Charm City (Regulation) Star Wars Night!
• Sat, 5/11  Black Sheep v Oklahoma Victory Dolls Roller Derby (Sanctioned) / Violent Lambs v Burning River Roller Derby (Regulation)  Pride Night! (With the potential for a Closed Hangover game the next morning.)

We typically provide legendary baked goods and a (albeit, modest) travel stipend. All Officials are invited to attend the league hosted after-party - with pizza!

If you would like to be contacted about officiating any of these games, please complete this form. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Here's the sequence, if I have this right:

1. White pivot gets a penalty, and leaves the track.
2. White pivot returns to the track without being told to do so and resumes playing derby.
 - At this point, they are affecting game play after having been penalized.  This *definitely* warrants a second penalty per C5.4.C.  This would be a Misconduct penalty, probably an insubordination.
 - If they refuse to leave the track for the second penalty and continue to affect gameplay, the jam should be called, and they should *also* be issued an Interference penalty as a third penalty for causing a clock stoppage.

.. but continuing with what really happened:

3. White jammer passes the star to white pivot.
 - Since this is a star pass to an illegal recipient, under the rules in effect as of November, 2018, this is a Star Pass Violation (Illegal Procedure) penalty to the jammer. No star pass has occurred - the jammer is the jammer, and the pivot is the pivot, and both should be heading to the box as their original positions.

As far as expulsions go, I think this would have to be situational - did the white pivot appear confused?  Were they obviously flaunting the officials' instructions? This is one of those situations where we do need to look at intent before removing someone from the game.  If the pivot said "F*** you, refs," and returned to play, that's massively unsporting.  If the pivot is, on the other hand, 12 years old, playing in their first game, and completely confused, I wouldn't even remotely consider expelling them.

How should I rule on this? A line of blockers shoulder to shoulder are up against one of the lines (inside or outside doesn't matter). The blocker on the line turns their body at an angle so they are facing more towards the inside/outside of the track than straight ahead such that the angle they create with the blocker next to them eliminates the seam and the jammer has nothing to contact except the illegal target zone on both blockers as defined in that section. Does the blocker doing this get called for initiating with the illegal target zone? Does it matter more about how much time they give the jammer to react? It would seem like a sound strategy to force the jammer to the middle depending on how to rule on the situation.

Hi all,
****Update: We still need 3 more refs. Any help would be so appreciated!!! Thanks in advance!!!*****The Savannah Junior Derby Taunts and Savannah Sirens will hold a junior scrimmage at this year's Blocktoberfest hosted by the Savannah Derby Devils. We really need some refs to help us with our scrimmage. It will be a mixed- level junior scrimmage. It starts at 12 noon. October 27th, 2018 @ the National Guard Armory in Savannah. We will provide a gift basket to each ref as a token of our appreciation and also offer a gas card to any ref that travels from outside of Savannah.  You can contact me here or at  theurbanashram@yahoo.com or IM me on the Derby Taunts FB page
Thanks in advance,
Terry Thomas, ILC
Savannah Junior Derby Taunts

I agree a straddling skater doesn't have a position to lose. They lost it the momment they went straddling, and cannot lose it from contact initiated to them after becoming straddling.