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MOTIVATED Reg. Nov 2008	Posted 2016-01-27 3:40 PM Subject: RE: ERA
Expert Posts: 1525	I havent heard anything pertaining to the PBR. But I know someone that will probably know. I think it happened a while back, that if you are a owner of the ERA you can not ride bulls in PBR. I think that is right, I asked a friend. Just didnt get as much hype as the PRCA did because no one decided to sue the PBR over it. Edited by MOTIVATED 2016-01-27 4:29 PM
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run2run Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2016-01-27 8:13 PM Subject: RE: ERA
Extreme Veteran Posts: 396	Western Sports Weekly on RFDTV had an update regarding the ERA and PRCA, there will be a ruling regarding the preliminary injunction by Feb. 12th If the ERA wins the preliminary injunction ruling, then all won money that is being held in escrow (won by ERA members) will be released. If PRCA wins the preliminary injunction ruling than ERA members will be refunded their fees only.
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SKM Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2016-01-28 3:32 AM Subject: RE: ERA
Saint Stacey	MOTIVATED - 2016-01-27 2:40 PM I havent heard anything pertaining to the PBR. But I know someone that will probably know. I think it happened a while back, that if you are a owner of the ERA you can not ride bulls in PBR. I think that is right, I asked a friend. Just didnt get as much hype as the PRCA did because no one decided to sue the PBR over it. Guess this might explain why they don't have a bull riding roster.
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LindsayJordan Reg. Jun 2010	Posted 2016-01-28 11:13 AM Subject: RE: ERA
Elite Veteran Posts: 1118 Location: The South	Here's what was on rfdtv. I'm too lazy to type it all out on my phone so I took a picture of the tv, don't laugh! Edited by LindsayJordan84 2016-01-28 11:15 AM
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MOTIVATED Reg. Nov 2008	Posted 2016-01-28 1:26 PM Subject: RE: ERA
Expert Posts: 1525	SKM - 2016-01-28 3:32 AM MOTIVATED - 2016-01-27 2:40 PM I havent heard anything pertaining to the PBR. But I know someone that will probably know. I think it happened a while back, that if you are a owner of the ERA you can not ride bulls in PBR. I think that is right, I asked a friend. Just didnt get as much hype as the PRCA did because no one decided to sue the PBR over it. Guess this might explain why they don't have a bull riding roster. Yes, makes sense to me too. There are a few bullriders in the ERA, although they haven't released the roster. One of the bull riders is Ty Pozzobon, I believe. That could be a rumor. They other couple are not really talking about it.
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MOTIVATED Reg. Nov 2008	Posted 2016-01-28 2:29 PM Subject: RE: ERA
Expert Posts: 1525	http://m.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_a019afd2-c53f-11e5-9... Stampede sticks with PRCA for July rodeos 1 By LEW FREEDMAN \| Posted 23 hours ago In the battle between the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the new Elite Rodeo Association, the Cody Stampede has chosen sides. The Stampede is sticking with the established governing body of the sport and has committed to remaining a PRCA-sanctioned rodeo in 2016. “I have signed the papers,” said Mike Darby, the president of the Stampede Board of Directors. The annual Cody Stampede, conducted over the July 4 holiday in honor of Buffalo Bill Cody, was required to renew its sanctioning status by January. Despite the creation of the ERA, which plans to establish its own circuit for the top money-winning and champion cowboys, challenging the PRCA’s hold on the top talent, this was the same deadline as usual. In the fall, in response to the ERA’s announcement it would conduct its own circuit and hold its own championships this year, the PRCA’s board passed new retaliatory rules. The restrictive nature of the policies would ban cowboys from sanctioned rodeos if they competed on other pro circuits. Since then the ERA has filed suit in federal court in Dallas claiming the PRCA is violating anti-trust laws. The groups have been at an impasse since. Considerable uncertainty surrounds the future for top rodeo cowboys in the middle of this war, but the Stampede was looking for stability. “We are re-upping with the PRCA,” Darby said. “It should be business as usual. We have to dance with who brought us. We have to plan ahead. We will have rodeos no matter what.” Darby said the Stampede board is not particularly worried about who will come to Cody to compete in the big event. Typically, the purse is about $400,000 and the Stampede maintains a stature as the richest one-header rodeo in the sport. “That’s their fight, not ours,” Darby said of the PRCA and ERA. “We are in the line of fire. We don’t want to be collateral damage.” The Stampede does not expect to be, either. It is possible some competitors will opt out of the Stampede, but the board believes the Cody field will retain its high quality. “I would expect we will see most of the top cowboys,” Darby said. Of Stampede fans who come to the rodeo each year, Darby said, “I don’t think they’ll see a discernible difference. I think it will still be a top-notch performance.” Stampede officials have watched with alarm the increasingly rancorous schism between the PRCA and ERA, because they do not think it is good for the sport. Darby was one of many Cody rodeo individuals who traveled to Las Vegas in December during the National Finals Rodeo. Although the top cowboys were competing in that end-of-the-year championship and PRCA officials were present, he said he saw no evidence the groups tried to smooth things over. “It was abnormally quiet,” he said. “It was not discussed, at least officially, and I was in some high-level meetings. The way I think of it, if you’re litigious you don’t talk about it.” There was little debate among Stampede board members about whether to retain allegiance to the PRCA or go it alone, Darby said. Nobody really knows if the ERA will get off the ground and no one can predict what the courts will do. “We want to still be around,” Darby said. “We still hope it gets resolved.” (Lew Freedman can be reached at [email protected].)
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chicks2 Reg. Mar 2007	Posted 2016-01-30 9:12 AM Subject: RE: ERA
Elite Veteran Posts: 926	What a mess. I don't have a problem with someone starting a new organization. But it seems what the ERA is saying 'we're a new, special organization and we don't have the funds or the infrastructure to put on a year's worth of rodeos, so we'll have the PRCA use their infrastructure, since we don't have one, and then after a year or 2 we'll do our own...'
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NJJ Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2016-01-30 9:37 AM Subject: RE: ERA
Fact Checker Posts: 16572 Location: Displaced Iowegian	chicks2 - 2016-01-30 9:12 AM What a mess. I don't have a problem with someone starting a new organization. But it seems what the ERA is saying 'we're a new, special organization and we don't have the funds or the infrastructure to put on a year's worth of rodeos, so we'll have the PRCA use their infrastructure, since we don't have one, and then after a year or 2 we'll do our own...' I don't see anywhere where they are trying to ride the PRCA piggy back....they have their OWN schedule? Date/TimeEvent03/25/2016 - 03/26/2016 All DayRedmond, OR Bank of the Cascades Event Center, Redmond Oregon 04/01/2016 - 04/02/2016 All DayNampa, ID Ford Idaho Center, Nampa Idaho 04/08/2016 - 04/09/2016 All DaySalt Lake City, UT Maverik Center, Salt Lake City Utah 05/20/2016 - 05/21/2016 All DayAlbuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 09/03/2016 All DaySheridan, WY Sheridan County Fairgrounds, Sheridan Wyoming 09/09/2016 - 09/10/2016 All DaySt. Louis, MO The Family Arena, St. Louis MO 09/30/2016 - 10/01/2016 All DayAtlanta, GA Infinite Energy Center, Duluth Georgia 10/07/2016 - 10/08/2016 All DayNew Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans Louisiana 11/09/2016 - 11/13/2016 All DayDallas, TX American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas
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ksjackofalltrades Reg. Jan 2005	Posted 2016-01-30 9:41 AM Subject: RE: ERA
BHW's Simon Cowell Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma	NJJ - 2016-01-30 9:37 AM chicks2 - 2016-01-30 9:12 AM What a mess. I don't have a problem with someone starting a new organization. But it seems what the ERA is saying 'we're a new, special organization and we don't have the funds or the infrastructure to put on a year's worth of rodeos, so we'll have the PRCA use their infrastructure, since we don't have one, and then after a year or 2 we'll do our own...' I don't see anywhere where they are trying to ride the PRCA piggy back....they have their OWN schedule? Date/TimeEvent03/25/2016 - 03/26/2016 All DayRedmond, OR Bank of the Cascades Event Center, Redmond Oregon 04/01/2016 - 04/02/2016 All DayNampa, ID Ford Idaho Center, Nampa Idaho 04/08/2016 - 04/09/2016 All DaySalt Lake City, UT Maverik Center, Salt Lake City Utah 05/20/2016 - 05/21/2016 All DayAlbuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 09/03/2016 All DaySheridan, WY Sheridan County Fairgrounds, Sheridan Wyoming 09/09/2016 - 09/10/2016 All DaySt. Louis, MO The Family Arena, St. Louis MO 09/30/2016 - 10/01/2016 All DayAtlanta, GA Infinite Energy Center, Duluth Georgia 10/07/2016 - 10/08/2016 All DayNew Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans Louisiana 11/09/2016 - 11/13/2016 All DayDallas, TX American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas The only way others can qualify for the ERA is through PRCA rodeos because they are the only ones that fit the criteria. They are using PRCA rodeos to determine who might get to enter. That is piggy backing. If they had established their own qualifying events that would be different, but they aren't.
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Dash4KJ Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2016-01-30 10:19 AM Subject: RE: ERA
Blond Bombshell.. Posts: 6628 Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!!	ksjackofalltrades - 2016-01-30 8:41 AM NJJ - 2016-01-30 9:37 AM chicks2 - 2016-01-30 9:12 AM What a mess. I don't have a problem with someone starting a new organization. But it seems what the ERA is saying 'we're a new, special organization and we don't have the funds or the infrastructure to put on a year's worth of rodeos, so we'll have the PRCA use their infrastructure, since we don't have one, and then after a year or 2 we'll do our own...' I don't see anywhere where they are trying to ride the PRCA piggy back....they have their OWN schedule? Date/TimeEvent03/25/2016 - 03/26/2016 All DayRedmond, OR Bank of the Cascades Event Center, Redmond Oregon 04/01/2016 - 04/02/2016 All DayNampa, ID Ford Idaho Center, Nampa Idaho 04/08/2016 - 04/09/2016 All DaySalt Lake City, UT Maverik Center, Salt Lake City Utah 05/20/2016 - 05/21/2016 All DayAlbuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 09/03/2016 All DaySheridan, WY Sheridan County Fairgrounds, Sheridan Wyoming 09/09/2016 - 09/10/2016 All DaySt. Louis, MO The Family Arena, St. Louis MO 09/30/2016 - 10/01/2016 All DayAtlanta, GA Infinite Energy Center, Duluth Georgia 10/07/2016 - 10/08/2016 All DayNew Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans Louisiana 11/09/2016 - 11/13/2016 All DayDallas, TX American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas The only way others can qualify for the ERA is through PRCA rodeos because they are the only ones that fit the criteria. They are using PRCA rodeos to determine who might get to enter. That is piggy backing. If they had established their own qualifying events that would be different, but they aren't. Kim is right and their "own schedule" only came after the PRCA said a commitee cant hold another rodeo within 72 hours of a PRCA sanctioned event. That's because ERA was trying to hold their rodeo on the same weekend and same venue as some of the large PRCA rodeos.
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chicks2 Reg. Mar 2007	Posted 2016-01-30 5:33 PM Subject: RE: ERA
Elite Veteran Posts: 926	Well I learned something new today. So the ERA folks would only go to these 8 rodeos and if they met the ERA criteria to go the finals in Dallas, then they'd have 9 rodeos? Guess that meets their point of not hauling as much.
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