MRDA Releases MRDA Branded Version of WFTDA’s Rules

For Immediate Release

12/3/2012- The Men’s Roller Derby Association proudly announces the release of an MRDA branded version of the recently-updated Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby published by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. With permission from the WFTDA, the MRDA has branded the new rule set with an MRDA logo watermark on every page, MRDA skaters pictured on the front cover, and inclusion of the MRDA’s Board of Directors alongside the WFTDA’s organizational leadership. The WFTDA, the international governing body of women’s flat track roller derby, has hundreds of member and affiliate leagues around the world, and the Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby is considered to be the most widely used roller derby rule set in the history of the sport.

There are no rule differences between the MRDA branded version of the WFTDA rules; both organizations play under the universal and consistent “Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby. All sanctioned games of the Men’s Roller Derby Association will be played by the newly-released MRDA branded version of the WFTDA’s rules effective January 1, 2013.

For more information & to download the rules visit http://www.mrda.org/resources