Faye Fox
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There is no such thing as agreeing to disagree. People disagree period! Agreeing to disagree on a discussion forum, is the death of discussion, because it is no agreement at all.
My purpose in posting the breakaway video was to make a point to Tony who had no idea of the different events in PRCA rodeo. I was trying to find a point of agreement. Could we agree that the abuse he claims, is not something that applies to all events? I was seeking a starting point to having a meaningful discussion.
Now @Cody Fousnough since you are the most knowledgeable concerning todays PRCA rodeo, please consider making posts explaining about the different 8 events. Give readers, in your words, not a copy and paste, but how you see events from the start to the finish. Example what happens in the chute before a calf or steer is released? How is it all set up to insure safety and make the event fair? Is the calf given a head start? If so how?
You see Cody, I am probably the only one on here, besides you, that knows what goes on in all events. The difference is I don't have the interest to lay it out and discuss it, plus I don't keep up with the latest rules and changes. I don't think anyone on here cares who the top 15 are. I don't, even though I have known some of them over the years.
I do think some might be interested in learning about the events and what goes on behind the scenes. Anyway this thread is of no interest to me if it is just about rodeo being abusive in general. We get that crap from the big city liberals that control this state and just as Tony posted in reply, to one of eight events in PRCA rodeo that he was unaware of, "Is that all you have?"
It wasn't a counter to the tie down select videos about abuse, but to make him aware that PRCA rodeo isn't defined by one event. I was making a point that most anti rodeo and ranching folks have no knowledge or experience with either. They have no idea why so many people go to these events. They assume those fans are cruel sickos.
So, on a DISCUSSION forum and a thread such as this, it behooves those with knowledge and have the interest, to educate the ones that don't. Otherwise it just becomes a big manure
throwing contest and not a discussion. "Throwing manure in the corrals never got the cattle fed."
@Tony Nathanson To answer your question, I dislike tie down because it give ranching a bad name. It isn't practiced on any ranch and even back in the old times of open range when cattle had to be roped for doctoring, no cowboy went charging after a calf full speed, roping it, and then tying it up in seconds. The way cattle are worked in reality, is just the opposite. Easy does it, is the rule. While no other events even resemble what takes place on a ranch today, I enjoy some of them because of the skill of the contestants and the skill and intelligence of the horses or bulls.
Although, break away roping has been in rodeos since the 1970s, it only became a sanctioned PRCA event in 2019. It was never used on ranches.
I rarely watch PRCA rodeo except break away roping and bull riding. Nearly all bull riding I watch is PBR. I enjoy the pre and after shows, in PRCA rodeo, a lot more than the sanctioned events. Things like Indian Relay Horse races, the Tribal Pow Wows, the Bison Hide sled races, trick riding, mounted shooting, etc. Since this thread is about PRCA rodeo, not rodeo in general, then I won't take it off topic by discussing them.
FACT: The bull riding event draws the biggest crowd at PRCA rodeos. The PBR started because the rulers of PRCA didn't want to give bull riding the venue it deserved.
Starting this year, 2026, The Women s Professional Rodeo Association, the WPRA, has taken total control of Break-Away Roping, just as it does Barrell racing. These disciplines will remain as PRCA events, but the women will control it. The WPRA is the oldest professional women's sports association and I think their controlling these events, will increase interest and certainly make more educational info available. The WPRA has certainly given women the chance to compete in PRCA rodeo and win big cash prizes.
My purpose in posting the breakaway video was to make a point to Tony who had no idea of the different events in PRCA rodeo. I was trying to find a point of agreement. Could we agree that the abuse he claims, is not something that applies to all events? I was seeking a starting point to having a meaningful discussion.
Now @Cody Fousnough since you are the most knowledgeable concerning todays PRCA rodeo, please consider making posts explaining about the different 8 events. Give readers, in your words, not a copy and paste, but how you see events from the start to the finish. Example what happens in the chute before a calf or steer is released? How is it all set up to insure safety and make the event fair? Is the calf given a head start? If so how?
You see Cody, I am probably the only one on here, besides you, that knows what goes on in all events. The difference is I don't have the interest to lay it out and discuss it, plus I don't keep up with the latest rules and changes. I don't think anyone on here cares who the top 15 are. I don't, even though I have known some of them over the years.
I do think some might be interested in learning about the events and what goes on behind the scenes. Anyway this thread is of no interest to me if it is just about rodeo being abusive in general. We get that crap from the big city liberals that control this state and just as Tony posted in reply, to one of eight events in PRCA rodeo that he was unaware of, "Is that all you have?"
It wasn't a counter to the tie down select videos about abuse, but to make him aware that PRCA rodeo isn't defined by one event. I was making a point that most anti rodeo and ranching folks have no knowledge or experience with either. They have no idea why so many people go to these events. They assume those fans are cruel sickos.
So, on a DISCUSSION forum and a thread such as this, it behooves those with knowledge and have the interest, to educate the ones that don't. Otherwise it just becomes a big manure
throwing contest and not a discussion. "Throwing manure in the corrals never got the cattle fed."@Tony Nathanson To answer your question, I dislike tie down because it give ranching a bad name. It isn't practiced on any ranch and even back in the old times of open range when cattle had to be roped for doctoring, no cowboy went charging after a calf full speed, roping it, and then tying it up in seconds. The way cattle are worked in reality, is just the opposite. Easy does it, is the rule. While no other events even resemble what takes place on a ranch today, I enjoy some of them because of the skill of the contestants and the skill and intelligence of the horses or bulls.
Although, break away roping has been in rodeos since the 1970s, it only became a sanctioned PRCA event in 2019. It was never used on ranches.
I rarely watch PRCA rodeo except break away roping and bull riding. Nearly all bull riding I watch is PBR. I enjoy the pre and after shows, in PRCA rodeo, a lot more than the sanctioned events. Things like Indian Relay Horse races, the Tribal Pow Wows, the Bison Hide sled races, trick riding, mounted shooting, etc. Since this thread is about PRCA rodeo, not rodeo in general, then I won't take it off topic by discussing them.
FACT: The bull riding event draws the biggest crowd at PRCA rodeos. The PBR started because the rulers of PRCA didn't want to give bull riding the venue it deserved.
Starting this year, 2026, The Women s Professional Rodeo Association, the WPRA, has taken total control of Break-Away Roping, just as it does Barrell racing. These disciplines will remain as PRCA events, but the women will control it. The WPRA is the oldest professional women's sports association and I think their controlling these events, will increase interest and certainly make more educational info available. The WPRA has certainly given women the chance to compete in PRCA rodeo and win big cash prizes.
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