Some thoughts on derby

We won the bout last night. It was fun, but some of the Dolls devolved into some cheap and illegal stuff out of frustration at the end, which, while I don't get as riled up about it as some of my teammates, does annoy me. I'm all for the use of penalties to get an advantage- if it is worth it for the game, hell yes, block out of bounds or take a leap to keep a jammer from scoring, cut the track to get in front of someone. These things, or even grabbing by the waist, are usually not any more likely to injure anyone than regular game play. But when you're 30 points down with less than a minute 30 to go... grabbing by the neck or attacking a jammer going full speed head on just for shits? That is not "just part of the game", or "fun for the crowd", that shit is dangerous. These are the things that give our all-star team a national rep for playing dirty. So, maybe people think my team is a bunch of namby-pamby no-fun wet blankets. Buuuut, we're also undefeated. ;)