The ProRodeo Sports News - April 19, 2019

in the Photographer of the Year voting within the past three years. 2) Cardholding PRCA photographer with at least 10 years as a PRCA Photographer in good standing. Applicant will be responsible for the $300.00 non-contestant PRCA permit dues (or the current dues amount). This fee includes insurance coverage while on permit status. Upon completion of the above, applicant will be issued a noncontestant PERMIT for tentative membership status. Applicant will be required to submit ALL work (contact sheets) from 5 rodeos - including at least 2 indoor or night events. Immediately after completion of each of the applicant’s five (5) required PRCA rodeos, all contact sheets generated at that event must be sent to the PRCAMedia Dept. for evaluation by the Photographer Coordinator as outlined above. Also, an arena evaluation will be required (as outlined below). The contact sheet and arena evaluation (combined) will serve as the applicant’s final review for permanent membership status. Method for arena evaluation: Applicant must attend rodeo where a Photographer review member will be working for arena conduct evaluation. Applicant will coordinate with PRCA Media Dept. and review member to arrange to attend a rodeo where one of the review members will be. Review member can work with the rodeo committee to help in the process of attaining the necessary passes and credentials for applicant. Applicant will attend that event (at their own expense) for a designated time period and be observed by the review member as to arena etiquette and general knowledge of the sport. This review will be considered as one of the five (5) required rodeos outlined above. The review member will fill out a survey form with information regarding the applicant, and return it to the PRCA Media Dept. to be used in the final evaluation of applicant. This process will be in conjunction with the contact sheet reviews outlined above. (PRCA staff submitted 3/18) 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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