WFTDA Rules Update: December 1, 2009

The Women's Flat Track Association (WFTDA) in conjunction with The WFTDA Rules Committee today announce the release of WFTDA STANDARDIZED FLAT TRACK ROLLER DERBY RULES, Updated December 1, 2009 (or, WFTDA Rules December 1, 2009). WFTDA Rules December 1, 2009, ratified by the WFTDA member leagues, immediately replaces WFTDA Rules version 4.0 as the official rule set of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. Effective today, all bouts must be played under the December 1, 2009 release in order to officially be WFTDA sanctioned.

The new rules release incorporates the skater numbering rule changes that were voted in earlier in 2009, but were voted to take effect on December 1, 2009, after the conclusion of the 2009 WFTDA Tournament season. Highlighting those changes, WFTDA Rules December 1, 2009 states that the uniform numbers of officially rostered WFTDA skaters must contain at least one number and may contain letters, and the combination of numbers and/or letters on a uniform may not exceed four digits. For example, XIX is no longer allowed, but X1X is.

WFTDA Rules December 1, 2009 addresses all of the uniform numbering changes (now found in Section 3.7 Uniforms), and does not include any additional rule changes from the 4.0 release.

The WFTDA Rules Committee also announce today that the official WFTDA rule sets will no longer be numbered releases. Instead, each new release will be dated, beginning with today's release of WFTDA Rules December 1, 2009. All future rule sets released by The WFTDA will use the dated format, using the actual date of release in its name.

WFTDA STANDARDIZED FLAT TRACK ROLLER DERBY RULES, Updated December 1, 2009 can be found on http://wftda.com/rules.