PRCA Business Journal - Aug. 2, 2024

Change R6.4.4 Notification to Arena Secretary. If the Arena Secretary has been notified of a team roper’s turn out, doctor release, or draw out, and the partner must does not notify the Arena Secretary prior to the cattle draw of first go round competition his partner if he is drawing out or if he is replacing his partner and who his replacement partner will be will automatically be drawn out. If the secretary is not notified, the contestant will be subject to entry fee payment, will be disqualified from the team roping for that rodeo, and no cattle will be drawn. (PRCA Staff 06/2024) New R10.9.14 Falling Steer . In the steer roping, if in the opinion of the line judge, if the animal falls before it crosses the scoreline, the contestants shall be entitled to a rerun on the original stock, provided that the contestant s declare immediately. There will be no penalty added to the rerun if, in the opinion of the judge, the contestants did not deliberately beat the barrier and if the contestants declare immediately. If the originally drawn animal cannot be reran, the contestants will run the extra (where an extra is available) or have a steer drawn according to the Misdraw procedure. (D. Eddleman 05/24) 2027 Bylaw Proposals Change B10.2.10 Co-Approval for Two or More Circuits. Rodeos that add $6,000 10,000 on or after January 1, 2017 2024 and increased by 1% each January 1 thereafter, or less per event may request co-approval for one or more additional circuits. Criteria is as follows: a) Must be a bordering circuit b) rodeo must be within 200 miles of contestant’s home circuit. Money won will be counted as official earnings for his circuit standings/points however the rodeo will not count towards his circuit count. (RCEC 04/24) Change B10.4 Finals. A Rodeo Committee requesting to hold a finals in its rodeo must add at least $20,000 purse money to each event which has a finals and have equal money in the team roping and have at least two complete go-rounds in each of the timed events prior to the finals. In order to maintain a finals, a Rodeo Committee must increase its purse money by a minimum of 5% per year each year following initially adding $20,000 in purse money per event. Once the added purse money per event reaches $25,000, a Rodeo Committee is not required to add any more money in order to continue with a finals. If a Rodeo Committee has a finals in one or more events, the Rodeo Committee must add no less than half of the money offered in the event with a finals to each of the remaining PRCA required events. (M. Reeves, S. Hanchey, K. Driggers 05/24)

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