[1] Akron's original roller derby league was founded in June 2006 by Mary Elliott.

[4] The league attracted attention for raising money for charities including Stewart's Caring Place[5] and the American Red Cross.

[6] Meanwhile, Rubber City Rollergirls was founded in Akron in 2008 after receiving permission from Elliott to use the reformed name, and played its first bout, at the John S. Knight Center, in April 2009.

[7] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2010,[8] and instituted its B team later in the year.

[4] In 2013, NEO qualified for the WFTDA Division 2 International Playoffs for the first time, competing at the tournament held in Kalamazoo, Michigan that August.