PRCA Business Journal - May 28, 2021

Round with 4 Contestants per event. 1.2. CONTESTANT AGREEMENT references the binding legal agreement (Calgary Stampede Rodeo Contestant Agreement) between each contestant and the Calgary Stampede. Each contestant accepts the terms of the Contestant Agreement upon entering the Calgary Stampede and the Contestant Agreement is executed by the Calgary Stampede upon the Calgary Stampede’s acceptance of the contestant’s entry. 1.3. RODEO RULES refers to the PRCA Rulebook that will be in effect for the bareback riding, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, and tie- down roping events. Unless specifically addressed to the contrary in the document or in the 2021 Calgary Stampede Contestant Agreement, RODEO RULES will prevail during the 2021 Calgary Stampede Rodeo. CONFLICT OF DOCUMENTS AND RULE BOOK: Order of Precedence: In the event of conflict, the 2021 Calgary Stampede Contestant Agreement prevails over the 2021 Calgary Stampede Animal Care Code of Practice and the 2021 Calgary Stampede Ground Rules and the RODEO RULES. The 2021 Calgary Stampede Ground Rules prevails over RODEO RULES. 1.4. Contestants agree to abide by all posted premises rules and regulations of the Calgary Stampede. 1.5. All competitors will ensure their participation and the participation of any and all individuals associated with them are familiar with the 2021 Calgary Stampede Animal Care Code of Practice. 1.6. COVID-19 PROTECTION & HYGIEN PROTOCOLS Contestants agree to the protocols and requirements outlined in the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Competitor Protection & Hygiene document. Each competitor will be required to acknowledge that they have read and agreed to the terms outlined in the document. Competitors who do not follow protocols will be eliminated from competition and could potentially have future Calgary Stampede invitations revoked. 1.7. Stampede Officials shall in their absolute discretion have the right at any time to add a Rule or Rules in order to clarify or address a circumstance or action not previously outlined or contemplated in the existing 2021 Calgary Stampede Rodeo Ground Rules. 2.0 QUALIFICATIONS: 2.1 SB, BB, TD, SW - The Calgary Stampede will invite twenty-two (22) contestants: Six (6) CPRA spots - as per below criteria in order until filled. 1. Canadian Citizen; 2. Top to bottom until filled (top 50 from 2021 PRCA World Standings as of May 25, 2021); 3. Top to bottom until filled (top 50 from 2020 PRCA World Standings); 4. Top to bottom from 2019 CPRA Final Standings. Top eight (8) from the 2020 PRCA Final Standings (drop-down until filled); Top eight (8) rom the PRCA Current Year Standings as of May 25, 2021 (drop-down until filled). BB - The Calgary Stampede will invite twenty-two (22) contestants: Five (5) CPRA Spots - as per below criteria in order until filled. 1. Canadian Citizen. 2. Top to bottom until filled (top 50 from 2021 PRCA World Standings as of May 25, 2021); 3. Top to bottom until filled (top 50 from 2020 PRCA Standings); 4. Top to bottom from 2019 CPRA Final Standings. Top eight (8) from the 2020 PRCA Final Standing (drop-down until filled). Top eight (8) from the PRCA Current Year Standings as of May 25, 2021. TEAM ROPING DATE AND LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED . 2.2. 2020 PRCA positions will be filled in order (top down) from Money Won during the 2020 PRCA season as of December 12th - should any contestant(s) not accept the invitation, the position(s) will be filled in order from the Money Won list through 15th place. Any unfilled PRCA

positions will be filled from 2021 PRCA World Standings 2.3. Should there be a tie for the final qualifying spot(s) in the PRCA, the tie will be broken in favor of those with the highest total money won in the applicable 2021 regular season of the association for the contestants so tied. (i.e. if two contestants were tied for the final PRCA position - Money won in the 2020 PRCA Regular season will break the tie.) After June 18, 2021 all unfilled positions will become Calgary Stampede Qualified Positions. The most recent available standings will be considered current. All will be filled based on 2021 current standings and or Canadians who are available. 2.4. For their entry to be accepted and to be eligible to compete, athletes must secure PRCA membership prior to confirming their entries. All contestants competing at the 2021 Calgary Stampede in Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Bull Riding, Steer Wrestling and Tie Down Roping must be PRCA Members in good standing at the time of entry. Not with standing and in any event of the qualification structure outlined above, the Calgary Stampede reserves the right in its sole and unfettered discretion to not issue or retract an invitation to any Rodeo Contestant. 2.5. REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES : Calgary Stampede management will make best efforts to ensure that all positions within each Pool of rodeo are filled with eleven contestants per event taking 3.1.1.Contestants must confirm entry online through the PROCOM app between 12:00 P.M. (Mountain Time) Thursday, June 3, 2021 to 12:00 P.M. (Mountain Time) Friday, June 4, 2021 and submitting a signed Contestant Agreement. Re- entries for declined invitations will occur between 12 P.M. on Monday, June 7 and 12 P.M. on Tuesday, June 8. 3.1.2. Contestants not confirmed by 5 P.M. June 4, 2021, will have their invitation revoked, and the next qualifying contestant will move into the spot. 3.2. No Entry Fees will be paid by any contestant competing at the 2021 Calgary Stampede. All prize money is added by the Calgary Stampede. 4.TURNOUTS AND DOCTOR RELEASES 4.1. Turn Out and Doctor and Release requests must be relayed to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary by 12:00 noon MDT July 9 for Pool A and July 13 for Pool B so that we may find a suitable replacement contestant. Contestant substitutions will not be allowed once the first go-round starts for Pool A or Pool B. 4.2. Once confirmation of intent to compete has been submitted, if for any reason a contestant is unable to compete, the contestant must notify the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary so that the Calgary Stampede may arrange for substitution. 4.3. Requests for “approved” release of the Contestant Agreement (to include medical and hardship) will be handled on a case by case basis by the Calgary Stampede and each case will be evaluated on its merit and substantiation. All such decision by the Calgary Stampede are final and binding. 4.4. If a contestant who enters the Calgary Stampede chooses not to compete for a “non- injury/medical” reason, that contestant will be in breach of the Contestant Agreement and will be ineligible to compete in any Calgary Stampede event in 2022 and 2023. 4.5. Contestants must compete in the first go-round of their Pool in order to continue participating in the Calgary Stampede. 4.6. Any contestant wishing to Doctor or Release during the Calgary Stampede Rodeo must notify the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary two (2) hours prior to the start of the performance so into account current COVID restrictions. 3. ENTRIES 3.1. Confirmation of Entry

affected. Failure to notify or late notification will result in a fine of $250.00 per incident. 4.7. Doctor Releases will be accepted, in person to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary, by phone, or email to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary. A signed Doctor or Vet verification letter must accompany the request for release. If entered in two events, the contestant may still continue to compete in the other event, if he feels he is able to do so, subject to Calgary Stampede approval. A contestant that Doctor or Vet releases from a go-round must sit out the next go-round. (ie: a contestant Doctor releasing for day four of their pool will be ineligible for Showdown Sunday.) 4.8. Once competition in a contestant’s Pool has begun, notification of turnouts will be accepted, in person to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary, or by phone or email to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Secretary. Turnouts must be notified at least two (2) hours prior to the performance affected. The following Turnout penalty will apply: The contestant Turning Out will be ineligible from competing in the Calgary Stampede Rodeo for two (2) years. 4.9. All contestants competing in a performance must give an honest effort. If it is determined by a unanimous vote of all Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials assigned to officiate that event that a contestant did not give an honest effort, he/she will be (i) disqualified from the go-round in which the violation occurred and any remaining go-rounds, and (ii) assessed a fine of $1,000. For the purposes of this ground rule, whether a contestant gives an honest effort will be determined as follows: 4.9.1. Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Bull Riding: In the riding events, a contestant who fails to ride, using appropriate equipment, his horse or bull out of the chute (except in the case of a chute stalling animal or unless the Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials rule the contestant was fouled coming out of the chute) shall automatically be deemed to not have given an honest effort. Specifically, the bareback riding contestant must have his hand in the riggin’ and be seated on the horse until the inside shoulder of the horse crosses the plane of the chute gate; the saddle bronc riding contestant must have feet in the stirrups, seat in the saddle and rein his hand when the inside shoulder of the horse passes the plane of the chute gate; and the bull riding contestant must have his hand in bull rope with wrap taken and be seated on the bull when the inside shoulder of the bull crosses the plane of the chute gate. Once the contestant has ridden the horse/bull out of the chute, it is the sole responsibility of the Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials to determine whether a contestant has given an honest effort. In making this determination, Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials should consider whether the contestant has made a good faith effort to complete his ride. 4.9.2. Tie-down roping, Steer Wrestling: In the timed events a contestant who fails to ride, using the appropriate equipment, his horse across the score line (unless the Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials rule he was fouled leaving the box) shall automatically be deemed to have not given an honest effort. Once the contestant has ridden his horse across the score line, it is the sole responsibility of the Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials to determine whether a contestant has given an honest effort. In making this determination, Calgary Stampede Pro Rodeo Officials should consider whether the contestant has made a good faith effort to complete the event and record a time. 5.COMPETITION FORMAT: 5.1.There will be two Pools formed from the qualified contestants as follows: Pool A, July 9-12, 2021. Pool B, July 13-16, 2021.

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