PRCA Business Journal - Sept. 29, 2023

Change R3.2.4.2 Submission of List of Riding Event Stock For a Particular Rodeo or Tour Rodeo With $5,000 or More Added Purse Money. Rodeos which add $5,000 or more purse money in a riding event at a PRCA-approved rodeo must have the list of riding event stock available for review by the Event Representative at the Central Entry Office at least 24 hours prior to stock call back for the event or events to which $5,000 or more purse money is added. Failure to submit this list by the prescribed time shall result in a $400 fine. (C. Johnson 03/23/) – Proposed to Expedite for 2024 but DIED for Lack of Motion by BOD 08-2023 New R3.2.6.4 Setting Stock Pens for Xtreme Events. Must have 25% more stock than the number of stock needed in order to hold a competition for the stock list . They Stock list must be available for screening and stock lists must be available for the event reps at least 72 hours prior to stock draw for adequate screening time to mutually agree which stock will be in the draw . (C. Johnson 03/23 /) Proposed to Expedite for 2024 - BOD Approved as Amended 08/2023 Change R9.5.1 Contestant Saddle Specifications . All riding must be done with saddles that meet the following PRCA specifications. Contestants not meeting these specifications will be disqualified and declared ineligible to compete for 30 days and subject to fine fined $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense, $1,000 for the third offense and a 30-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for the fourth and subsequent offenses within a given rodeo year. (PRCA Staff 4/22) BOD Approved as Amended 08/2023 Change R9.5.6 Only Dry Resin Allowed . Dry resin may be used on chaps and saddle. Anyone using any other foreign substance shall be disqualified and declared ineligible to compete for 30 days; also subject to fine fined $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense, $1,000 for the third offense and a 30-day suspension and $1,000 fine for the fourth and subsequent offenses within a given rodeo year. The judges will examine clothing, saddle, rein and spurs. (PRCA Staff 4/22) BOD Approved as Amended 08/2023 Change R10.3.21 Failure of Animal to Pull Neck Rope . In the timed events, if an animal fails to break the neck rope and time is officially started by the contestant, that animal belongs to the contestant. A contestant cannot rope an animal before the neck rope comes off. However, if time is started by the animal and contestant (tie down roper, steer roper, steer wrestler and hazer, or header and heeler) remains behind the plane of the barrier for approximately 10 seconds, that animal should be considered a sulking animal and replaced using the Misdraw procedure . an animal starts the time and then stops before the neck rope comes off and the contestant declares immediately, he will be entitled to a rerun, as long as in the opinion of the judges, the stop was not caused by the hazer or the heeler. (M. Sherwood 11/2021) BOD Approved as Amended 8/2023 New R10.6.7 Falling Calf In the Tie-down Roping, if in the opinion of the line judge, if the animal falls before it crosses the scoreline, the contestant shall be entitled to a rerun on his original stock, provided that the contestant declares immediately. There will be no penalty added to the rerun if, in the opinion of the judge, the contestant did not deliberately beat the barrier and if the contestant declares himself immediately. If the originally drawn animal cannot be re-ran, the contestant will run the extra (where an extra is available) or have a calf drawn for him according to the misdraw procedure (S. Hanchey 11/2021) BOD Approved 08/2023 Change R10.8.1.2 Barriers. All headers shall start from behind a barrier. At rodeos that add $5,000 per event with equal money in the team roping, all heelers shall also start from behind a barrier. A 10-second penalty will be added for breaking or beating a barrier. (PRCA Staff 4/22) BOD Denied 08/2023 New R10.8.3.1 Crossfires . At rodeos where three judges are assigned, the field flag judge and the third judge will both be responsible for identifying crossfires. Both the field flag judge and the third judge must agree that a run is a crossfire before the team will be disqualified. BOD Adopted to Delete 09/2023

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