ProRodeo Sports News July 13, 2018

own a minimum of 25 bareback horses, 25 saddle bronc horses and 25 bulls, a record of which must be submitted annually to the Director of Rodeo Administration two weeks prior to their first PRCA rodeo or PRCA sanctioned event or February 1, whichever is earlier. The Director of Rodeo Administration may require a Full Stock Contractor Member or Probationary Stock Contractor to submit proof of 100% 51% ownership of any or all bucking stock. Failure to provide proof of ownership when requested will result in a $250 fine and any animal in question will not be eligible to be placed in the draw at a PRCA sanctioned rodeo until proof of ownership is established. During the rodeo year, Stock Contractors will notify the Director of Rodeo Administration of any additions and/or deletions to the Stock Contractor livestock list a minimum of ten (10) days prior to any of those animals being placed in the draw at a PRCA rodeo or PRCA sanctioned event. Failure to notify the Director of Rodeo Administration of changes within the time frame listed above will result in the subject animals being ineligible to be placed in the draw at PRCA-sanctioned rodeos and a fine of $100 per animal. (H. Franzen submitted 6/18) Change B2.3.1 Number and Tenure. The Representatives to the Rodeo Committee Executive Council shall elect two persons to serve as the Rodeo Committee Directors on the Board of Directors. Such directors will be committee members representing a (any) PRCA sanctioned rodeo. Such directors shall be elected to serve a two-year staggered term such that one director will be elected each year. One director shall represent those rodeos for which the total of all added purse money for all PRCA rodeo events is $20,000 or less, and one director shall represent those rodeos for which the total of all added purse money for all PRCA rodeo events is greater than $20,000. (RC Executive Council submitted 5/18) 2021 Rule Proposals Change R1.4.1.2 Limited Rodeos. Members of buddy groups that are entered at limited rodeos must state at time of entry if they wish to be drawn out if any or all of their buddies are not accepted. If contestants do not state, at time of entry, their preference to be drawn out if their buddies are not accepted, they will remain entered even though any or all of the rest of the buddy group may be drawn out. (C. Townsend submitted 4/18) ADD NEW R1.4.1.2 Rodeos that limit the number of contestants: After the qualifying event, only those contestants who qualified are eligible to buddy for the rodeo. If a contestant buddies with a contestant who is not qualified both will be drawn out and the option for entry will go back down the qualification list. (C. Townsend submitted 4/18) Change R1.6.2 Maximum Number of Official Entries. A contestant may enter as many PRCA-approved rodeos as desired. However, no more than the following number of rodeos will be accepted as official entries: Bareback Riding 100 Official Rodeos Saddle Bronc Riding 100 Official Rodeos Bull Riding No limit Tie-Down Roping 100 Official Rodeos No Limit Steer Wrestling 100 Official Rodeos Team Roping 75 Official Rodeos (C. Townsend submitted 4/18) Change R8.7.6 Limited Entry Rodeos. Limited/Qualifying Rodeos. At limited entry rodeos that limit to 100 or less in timed event, a rodeo must provide one animal for every contestant with no re-runs in a go-round. (C. Townsend submitted 4/18) Change R8.8 Unsatisfactory Animals. An Event Representative may declare particular animals unsatisfactory. Upon notification, either written or verbal (with verbal notification supported with documentation), the stock contractor or Rodeo Committee shall eliminate such animal(s) from competition draw. Continued use of said animal(s) after notification will result in a $250 fine per competition levied against the offending party. Any contestant competing in the riding events on an unsatisfactory animal used after notification shall be given an option of a reride. If an animal is declared unsatisfactory, and such elimination causes a stock contractor to be short of stock, said stock contractor shall be subject to the appropriate fine. Unsatisfactory animal(s) may be reinstated with approval by the Event Representative of an application for reinstatement. For purposes of the Rule, “unsatisfactory” shall be defined for riding event stock as recurring instances where the animal: is dangerous in the chute, runs off, fights the chute, flips, falls, stumbles consistently, runs into fences, stops, is a head-slinging bull or has a bucking pattern that makes the animal extremely dangerous to contestants. Riding event stock shall also be considered unsatisfactory when the animal’s use consistently results in a reride for a contestant or where its removal is necessary for animal humane reasons. Stock Contractors will reimburse contestant entry fees for each contestant in the timed event that competes on an animal that has been declared unsatisfactory within 7 days of the offense. Reimbursement will be payed to PRCA which will be added to the contestants RodeoPay account for contestant to use only as entry fees for another PRCA rodeo. (C. Townsend submitted 4/18) Change R8.12 Specifications of Animals. R8.12.1 Tie-Down Roping Cattle. 1. Weight for tie-down roping animals shall be a minimum of 220 200 pounds and a maximum of 280 pounds with fresh tie-down roping animals not to exceed 260 pounds and must be healthy. 2. Any deviations must be approved by the Tie-down Roping Event Representative or his duly appointed designee and the Director of Rodeo Administration. 3. There can be no more than a 50-pound 25 pound variation in weight from the smallest to the largest tie-down roping animal in a given herd. 4. The Tiedown Roping Event Representative or his appointee and a PRCA Judge must approve the cattle prior to the establishment of the herd. 5. If any individual tie-down roping animal does not meet the requirements, the Tie-down Roping Event Representative or his duly appointed designee has the right to remove immediately (but prior to the establishment of the “herd”) that tie-down roping animal from the herd for the duration of the rodeo, potentially subjecting the stock contractor to a fine per head for being short of the required number of cattle. 6. Failure of the PRCA member owner and/or committee to comply with the criteria listed above will result in the PRCA member

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