Although I am feeling a bit under the weather today, this week's comic was already done so I've posted it on the way back to resting. This one just kinda happened, and made me laugh like an idiot.

The topic that generated it was that I was watching some footage of some roller derby bouts that included some fights. Not from the '70s era, but more recently in WFTDA and Flat Track bouts. When sprung from a lost temper after you've been tripped, tackled, illegally blocked, pushed from behind or egged on for 45 minutes of bone-crunching roller derby, or when resulting from defending yourself from a player that is just out of control and coming at you, fights are gonna happen.

Some leagues condone it, practice what to do and how to fight without really hurting one another and putting on a show for the crowd. Others, especially WFTDA and WFTDA-to-be teams are very strict on fighting and eject players for it.

There are lots of ways to respond to a dirty player. You decide based on your own temperament, and based on the unspoken behavior norms of your own team/league. Just know, if you are the dirty or annoying player on your team, you may be the last straw for someone on the opposing team, that asks themselves WWJasonD?

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