ProRodeo Sports News - November 2, 2018

are all present at one time during the meeting, a quorum shall be deemed present for the remainder of the meeting; however, alternative representatives and proxies shall not be counted as Contestant Representatives in determining whether five Contestants are present. In connection with a vote by the Contestant Representatives, no alternative representative or proxy may vote on behalf of an absent Contestant Representative. Change B15.3.1 Featured Events. For any new featured event, no PRCA required event shall have more or less money added to that event’s purse than is added to the purse of any other PRCA event at a PRCA-approved rodeo unless otherwise approved by the PRCA Board of Directors or the Director of Rodeo Administration. However, a Rodeo Committee shall have the option of adding money to the purse for up to three events selected by the Rodeo Committee to be its featured event or events in an amount that is up to double the base money added by the Rodeo Committee to the purses of the other PRCA events approved for the rodeo (such base added money in the other events shall not, for purposes of determining the double money, include those events whose purse is compensated for limited entries). The rodeo committee must provide equal money in the team roping to use this option. Any additional moneys which may be added in order to double the purse of a featured event or events at the Rodeo Committee’s election shall not be considered by the Director of Rodeo Administration in the determination of the amount of “fair and just” money to be added by the Rodeo Committee to the purses of the other PRCA events. Moreover, any Rodeo Committee electing to increase double the added purse money in a given event or events may not, without the approval of the PRCA Board of Directors, reduce the base added money for the other PRCA events held at its rodeo from that which was added by the Rodeo Committee to those events in the previous year. (Ad hoc committee submitted 8/16) Change B15.5.2 Permit Members Required to Contest. All rodeos that add $2,000 $5,000 or less in purse money per event must accept Permit Members, pursuant to either “Circuit Permits,” “All Permits,” “Circuit Permits Maximum” or “Permits Maximum,” as contestants in each event; provided, however, that rodeos with four or more performances that add $2000 $5,000 or less in purse money per event are not required to accept Permit Members, under the terms specified in this Bylaw B15.5.2, as contestants in the timed events. (D. Petry submitted 4/16) Change B15.5.4 Special Status Rodeos. A Rodeo Committee adding $2,000 $5,000 or more in purse money per event may request, in its application for approval, that any of its rodeo events be granted “Circuit Permits,” “All Permits,” “Circuit Permits Maximum” or “Permits Maximum” status. (D. Petry submitted 4/16) Change B13.5.1.1 Barrelman. Barrelmen must be Financially Eligible and must have participated in at least eight PRCA- approved rodeos in the rodeo year that they apply for the NFR position with a minimum of 20 total performances in order to participate at the NFR. For purposes of this Bylaw, rodeos at which a Barrelman works only in a slack shall not count towards the minimum number of rodeos or performances required to participate at the NFR. A Barrelman Member may not work at the NFR unless he has filed an application, along with a list of rodeos he will work as a Barrelman during the rodeo year that he applies for a NFR position, with the Director of Rodeo Administration in accordance with this Section B13.5.1. Applications for the barrel man position to the NFR will be accepted by the Director of Rodeo Administration up to May 1 of the calendar year in which the NFR will be held. No later than October 15 (of the calendar year in which the NFR will be held) the top 20 bull riders and all financially eligible announcers and bullfighters that have participated in at least eight PRCA-approved rodeos with the minimum of 20 total performances as stated in B13.5.1., may vote for 1 barrelmen. The votes will be accepted through the Central Entry Office for one full entry week. For the one full entry week following the first vote, the same bull riders, announcers and bullfighters will vote for one of the top five vote-getters in the barrelman category. The barrelman receiving the most votes will be the NFR barrelman and the first runner-up will be the alternate barrelman for the NFR. In the case of a tie, a vote through the Central Entry Office will again be taken with the eligible list of announcers and bullfighters voting from October 25 up to 5:00 pm MST on October 30. (D. Brewer submitted 8/16) 2020 Rule Proposals New Rule R1.3.4 Minimum Go-Rounds in the Team Roping for Rodeos with Four or More Performances. Rodeos that have four or more performances and add more than $3,000 in the team roping must have at least two go-rounds. If the rodeo adds less than $2999.99 in the team roping and has less than 4 performances, it will be one go-round. (M. Egusquiza submitted 7/2017) Change R11.8.2 Requirements for Roping. Field judge shall drop flag when steer is roped by its head and heels, and both horses are facing steer in line with ropes dallied and tight. Horses’ front feet must be on ground and ropers must be mounted for flag to drop. Steer must be standing up when roped by head and heels. (M. Egusquiza submitted 9/2017) Add R8.12.3.1 The use of heifers may be allowed at rodeos that add under $7000 in the team roping if approved by the Team Roping Event Representative and Director of Rodeo Administration. (M. Egusquiza submitted 10/2017) New Rule R4.8. The minimum outdoor arena length will be 180’ unless approved by the event representative and the Director of Rodeo Administration. (M. Cliver submitted 10/17) Change R8.7.1 Rodeo With Five or Fewer Performances . At a rodeo with five or fewer performances, the minimum number of cattle will be one-half the number of entries (not to exceed 50 animals) or one animal for everyone but not any number in between, with a minimum of 15 head of usable and desirable cattle, except at rodeos with added money of $5,000 per __________________________________________________________________________________________

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