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Flat Track Roller Derby Buffalo, NY
www.QCRG.net Sponsorship@QCRG.net
2010 QCRG Sponsorship
www.QCRG.net
sponsorship@QCRG.net
Who Are The Queen CiTy roller GirlS?
• The Queen City Roller Girls, founded in spring of 2006, started as a grassroots organization by a handful of women
who love the feel of eight wheels under their feet. The organization drew the interest of over sixty women
from across Western New York to form the three teams for the 2007 inaugural season. Currently in their fourth
season, the Queen City Roller Girls are Western New York’s only skater owned and operated all-women flat-track
roller derby league.
• The league consists of five teams: the Devil Dollies, Nickel City Knockouts, Suicidal Saucies, Alley Cats and the QCRG
Travel Team. In addition, a squad of referees, coaches and production personnel form the support staff for the league.
• The league season is comprised of eight intraleague bouts, and a number of travel team home and away bouts, includ-
ing the Queen City Cup championships. Bouts this past season have sold out, with an average of 1,200 attendees.
QCRG has hosted and been hosted by leagues from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hamilton, Northeast
Ohio, Rochester and Ithaca
• This year, the Queen City Roller Girls will
become members of the Women’s Flat
Track Derby Association (WFTDA),
bringing them to the national level of
flat track roller derby competition.
Alley Kats Devil Dollies Nickel City Suicidal
Knockouts Saucies
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• Completed our third season in 2009, and have since doubled the skating roster
as well as sustained near sell-out attendance at the bouts.
• Featured in the Buffalo News, WGRZ, WKBW, ArtVoice, Time Warner
SportsNet, the Niagara Gazette, Metro Source and Generation Magazine.
• Voted “Best Amateur Sports Team”, and “Best Amateur Athlete” (Mia Mauler,
former captain of the Nickel City Knockouts) by ArtVoice readers in 2007.
• The QCRG.net website has grown to over 10,000 visits a month, and over
3,500 friends on the league and team MySpace pages.
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WhAT iS roller derby?
Roller derby is an American-invented contact sport based on formation roller skating around an oval track. While tradition-
ally a professional (paid) sport for both women and men, roller derby has in its current incarnation developed a predomi-
nantly female, amateur circuit with a strong DIY ethic.
History
The term roller derby dates at least as far back as 1922, when the Chicago Tribune
used it to describe multi-day, flat-track roller skating races, similar to 24-hour banked-
track championship races reported on by The New York Times in 1914. In the 1930s,
the sport was reinvented by emphasizing the physical contact – and thus the more
spectacular aspects of the sport. Roller Derby took root as an icon of popular cul-
ture as matches were held in numerous cities throughout the U.S., bouts which were
broadcast on radio and, eventually, on television.
The sport/spectacle endured several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the second
half of the 20th century. The initial business model of roller derby finally collapsed in
the mid-1970s, but the sport underwent several professional, on-and-off TV revivals
which were spearheaded by veteran skaters, including an revitalized organization named Roller Games, a 10-year Inter-
national Roller Skating League (IRSL), and the TV spectacles RollerGames and RollerJam.
Contemporary Roller Derby
In California in the early 2000s, a small number of for-profit organizations, consisting largely of veterans from earlier reviv-
als, continued to organize one-off matches using paid skaters. Meanwhile, an international grassroots revival organized
by women unaffiliated with previous incarnations of the sport restored a focus on athleticism.
Nearly all contemporary roller derby leagues are all-female and self-organized, and
furthermore were formed in an indie, DIY spirit by relatively new roller derby enthusi-
asts. These leagues deploy traditional quad roller skates, and a punk aesthetic and/or
ethic is often prominent. Many if not most are legally incorporated organizations, and
most compete on flat tracks.
Each league typically features two or more local teams which compete in public match-
es, called bouts, for a diverse fanbase. Members of fledgling leagues often practice
and strategize together, regardless of team affiliation, between bouts. Moreover, as the
business and infrastructure of the sport matures, successful local leagues form travel
teams to compete with the roller derby leagues of other cities and states.
Movies/TV
Additional Information
Roller Derby on Wikipedia
HowStuffWorks Article on Roller Derby
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
Whip-It with Ellen Kansas City Rollergirls
Page Bomber with A&E Series on
(2009) Raquel Welch Austin’s TXRD
(1972) (2006)
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Why SponSor?
• QCRG is grass roots, all-volunteer, and female & WNY positive. By sponsoring the Queen City Roller Girls, you
support the women who do it for themselves. The
skaters pay monthly dues, which can be a financial
hardship on some, yet these dues as well as event
revenue do not cover the expenses the league incurs
running the organization.
• Sponsorship aligns your organization or product with
a fast-growing, highly visible, and entertaining sport
that fans feel very passionate about. Promotion is
the major gain your organization will receive, in addi-
tion to patronage of the derby girls, along with their
families, friends, colleagues and social networks.
• Now in our fourth season, attendance has tripled
and all bouts have been sell-outs. With season
tickets now available and an increased fan-base,
2010 will be an amazing year for attendance.
• QCRG has 10,000 total average monthly visits to the QCRG.net website, over 3,500 friends on the league and
team MySpace pages and an e-letter reaching over 2,000 fans (as of February 2009).
• Fans that attend our bouts range from sports fanatics to those who don’t consider themselves sports fans at all.
Imagine reaching punk rockers, socer moms and hard-core sports fans all at the same time.
• Tickets are very affordable compared to the average cost of NBA, NFL and MLB tickets.
• Cost of sponsorship is very reasonable compared to sponsorship of other entertainment or sporting events of a
similar size.
• We support the community by partnering with non-profit groups and participating in community build-
ing activities. A portion of event proceeds go directly to these organizations.
• Past partners include the American
Cancer Society, Crisis Services, Girls
Inc., Hope Chest, ReTREE WNY, Aids
Community Services and the Food
Bank of WNY.
• Past and current sponsors include
Healthcare Intervention Specialists,
FWS Furniture, Allentown Athletix,
Minuteman Press, Great Skate, and
VertaSource, LLC, to name a few.
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AddiTionAl SponSorShip
• Announcements
• Logos or Coupons on Tickets
• Interstitial Website Advertisements
• Customized Appearances
• Mentions in Media Coverage
• Bleacher Sponsorship
• Sponsorship Shirts
• Merchandise/Vendor Booths
• In-Kind Sponsorship
• Ask Us!
Ad rATeS
Program Advertisement (b&w) Per Bout Season
1/4 Page $35.00 $175.00
1/2 Page $50.00 $250.00
Full Page $85.00 $425.00
Scoreboard Display Rotator $50.00 $250.00
Display Rotator with
pre/post/halftime $100.00 $500.00
announcements
Animated Display Rotator
w/ pre/post/halftime $250.00 $1,250.00
announcements
Wall Banner $50.00 $250.00
Season Advertising Bundle
1/2 Program Ad; Display Rotator w/ pre/post/halftime
announcements; Web: logo w/ link on Spons page $1,000.00
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2010 SponSorShip/AdverTiSinG ConTrACT
Company Name:
Contact Name:
Mailing Address:
City/State/Zip:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Website:
CorporATe SponSorShip pACkAGeS
Decimatin’ Diamond ($10,000+)
Poundin’ Platinum ($5,000-$10,000)
Grindin’ Gold ($2,500-$5,000)
Slammin’ Silver ($1,000-$2,500)
Bruisin’ Bronze ($500-$1,000)
Total Bout Experience ($500) BOUT DATE:
TArGeTed SupporT pACkAGeS
Program Advertisement (single bout, customer provides artwork): 1/4 ($35) 1/2 ($50) Full ($85)
Program Advertisement (full season, customer provides artwork): 1/4 ($175) 1/2 ($250) Full ($425)
Scoreboard Display Rotator (single bout, customer provides artwork) $50
Scoreboard Display Rotator (full season, customer provides artwork) $250
Display Rotator w/ announcements (single bout, customer provides artwork) $100
Display Rotator w/ announcements (full season, customer provides artwork) $500
Wall Banner (single bout, customer provides artwork) $50
Wall Banner (full season, customer provides artwork) $250
Season Advertising Bundle (full season, customer provides artwork) $1,000
FriendS oF QCrG ConTribuTion (Cash Gift Below $500)
Cash Amount: $
in-kind ConTribuTionS
Description of Product or Service:
Fair Market Value: $
Amount of In-Kind Support Credited Toward Sponsorship: $
(To Be Determined by Sponsorship Committee)
Full payment enclosed
Partial payment in amount of $ enclosed
Sponsor agrees to pay balance in monthly installments, with first and last month’s payment due upon signing of contract.
Next payment due date:
Sponsor Representative: (initial here)
QCRG Representative: (initial here)
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TermS And CondiTionS oF QCrG SponSorShip
1. The Queen City Roller Girls, LLC (“QCRG”) is an amateur sports organization facilitating the sport of all female flat-
track roller derby by hosting events which provide aggressive athletic entertainment while supporting charitable
organizations that benefit the community at large.
2. Queen City Roller Girls® is a registered trademark of QCRG. Sponsor may use the mark in advertising only with the
advance written consent of the organization. All requests for the use of the mark must be submitted to QCRG for
approval prior to anticipated use. QCRG may withhold its consent to use the mark for any reason it deems neces-
sary. All Sponsor advertising and/or promotional materials are subject to approval by QCRG.
3. Failure to pay any cash portion of your contribution on or before the date due as indicated on any invoice or pay-
ment book sent to you by QCRG may result in the forfeiture of your sponsorship rights. In-kind contributions shall
be provided on an as-needed basis, and valued as agreed to by the Sponsor and QCRG.
4. Sponsor is entitled to the rights and benefits associated with the level of sponsorship indicated on this Contract. All
rights and benefits of sponsorship are defined in the sponsorship kit titled “Sponsorship Opportunities,” the contents
of which are incorporated herein as reference. QCRG reserves the right to make non-material modifications to
those benefits from time to time.
5. Sponsor understands that certain of the benefits of sponsorship require information or input by the Sponsor. Failure
to provide such information or input by the dates required by QCRG may result in the forfeiture of the benefits for
which it was required.
6. QCRG has the right, upon request, to require Sponsor to provide an independent appraisal of the value of certain in-
kind donations prior to acceptance of such donations as credit toward Sponsorship fee.
PAYMENT DUE BY
Failure to submit a signed contract by 30 days after signing of this agreement may limit the benefits the sponsor re-
ceives.
Failure to pay any cash portion of sponsorship according to terms of this agreement may result in forfeiture of sponsor-
ship rights. This contract is subject to the terms and conditions stated within this document.
Sponsor has read, understands and agrees to be bound by these terms as a condition of sponsorship. The Queen City
Roller Girls, LLC, is NOT a nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax status.
SPONSOR REPRESENTATIVE QCRG REPRESENTATIVE
Signed By: Signed By:
Title: Title:
Date: Date:
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