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| Was just looking at the final 2014 standings for this year's NFR. Some qualified with as few as 26 rodeos and the last 2 holes were 100 rodeos. Thats a LOT of runs to make and a lot of miles! :) |
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| The ones with just 26 basically won the huge rodeos (Houston, Calgary) and then they hauled very little. Those other girls had to push the rodeo count because the amount of money needed to qualify this year was astonishing. That 15th place amount would have been around 5th in past years. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | SKM - 2014-12-01 4:03 PM The ones with just 26 basically won the huge rodeos (Houston, Calgary) and then they hauled very little. Those other girls had to push the rodeo count because the amount of money needed to qualify this year was astonishing. That 15th place amount would have been around 5th in past years.
And, sometimes, for a minute I think to myself that the big ones shouldn't count 100%, unless everyone had the chance to enter that was a card holder - but that is another thread...................................... |
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Location: Idahome | rachellyn80 - 2014-12-01 1:55 PM I can't imagine the heartbreak of ending up in 16th place.
My hat is off to Brenda. She didn't go win Houston or Calgary and only entered 30 rodeos and barely missed making it. Gonna miss seeing her there. |
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Location: The edge of no where | 3canstorun - 2014-12-01 3:04 PM SKM - 2014-12-01 4:03 PM The ones with just 26 basically won the huge rodeos (Houston, Calgary) and then they hauled very little. Those other girls had to push the rodeo count because the amount of money needed to qualify this year was astonishing. That 15th place amount would have been around 5th in past years. And, sometimes, for a minute I think to myself that the big ones shouldn't count 100%, unless everyone had the chance to enter that was a card holder - but that is another thread......................................
Calgary doesn't count 100%, but 50% of first. I'd think it would be fair to handle Houston the same way. It's a good sign that it's requiring more money to make it to Vegas, means the purses must be increasing. I would've loved to see Brenda and Sarah McDonald make it. I think that roan mare would be deadly in Vegas. |
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| MS2011 - 2014-12-01 2:19 PM
3canstorun - 2014-12-01 3:04 PM SKM - 2014-12-01 4:03 PM The ones with just 26 basically won the huge rodeos (Houston, Calgary) and then they hauled very little. Those other girls had to push the rodeo count because the amount of money needed to qualify this year was astonishing. That 15th place amount would have been around 5th in past years. And, sometimes, for a minute I think to myself that the big ones shouldn't count 100%, unless everyone had the chance to enter that was a card holder - but that is another thread......................................
50% was still around $50,000. |
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| Yea, its amazing how much you need to qualify these days. LOL Seems to me the fewer the better! |
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| I don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? |
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| HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-12-01 2:50 PMI don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? Nancy Hunter is not the norm. She won Houston for $50,000 and also drew a decent check at Calgary. Yes, she has the talent to make it to the NFR even without those two rodeos. But Houston pretty much promised her a spot with minimal traveling. It did help her as far as family time went. But without the huge Houston and Calgary payout she would have had to travel. It's sort of sad that winning one of the only two huge rodeos pretty much guarantees you an NFR spot. Especially when they are limited to who can enter them. I guess I just feel that if those two count, they should be opened up like all the other rodeos and not just opened up to a small, hand selected few.
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | SKM - 2014-12-01 6:00 PM
HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-12-01 2:50 PMI don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? Nancy Hunter is not the norm. She won Houston for $50,000 and also drew a decent check at Calgary. Yes, she has the talent to make it to the NFR even without those two rodeos. But Houston pretty much promised her a spot with minimal traveling. It did help her as far as family time went. But without the huge Houston and Calgary payout she would have had to travel. It's sort of sad that winning one of the only two huge rodeos pretty much guarantees you an NFR spot. Especially when they are limited to who can enter them. I guess I just feel that if those two count, they should be opened up like all the other rodeos and not just opened up to a small, hand selected few.
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Location: Crowder, OK | SKM - 2014-12-01 5:00 PM HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-12-01 2:50 PMI don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? Nancy Hunter is not the norm. She won Houston for $50,000 and also drew a decent check at Calgary. Yes, she has the talent to make it to the NFR even without those two rodeos. But Houston pretty much promised her a spot with minimal traveling. It did help her as far as family time went. But without the huge Houston and Calgary payout she would have had to travel. It's sort of sad that winning one of the only two huge rodeos pretty much guarantees you an NFR spot. Especially when they are limited to who can enter them. I guess I just feel that if those two count, they should be opened up like all the other rodeos and not just opened up to a small, hand selected few.
I dont think it should count.
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| SKM - 2014-12-01 5:00 PM HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-12-01 2:50 PMI don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? Nancy Hunter is not the norm. She won Houston for $50,000 and also drew a decent check at Calgary. Yes, she has the talent to make it to the NFR even without those two rodeos. But Houston pretty much promised her a spot with minimal traveling. It did help her as far as family time went. But without the huge Houston and Calgary payout she would have had to travel. It's sort of sad that winning one of the only two huge rodeos pretty much guarantees you an NFR spot. Especially when they are limited to who can enter them. I guess I just feel that if those two count, they should be opened up like all the other rodeos and not just opened up to a small, hand selected few.
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Location: torrington, wy | It's happened before and it might have happened this year, it is a crappy situation, been through it with my daughter and now it is questionable and the same response from WPRA no action. |
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Location: London Ontario | Done flame me but that's why people say the PRCA/WPRA tries to keep those at the top, at the top! I think if you are good enough to win those big rodeos you are good enough to run at the NFR, to each their own I guess. |
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| So how do contestants qualify for Houston and Calgary? |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | Tinkerbell - 2014-12-01 8:57 PM SKM - 2014-12-01 5:00 PM HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-12-01 2:50 PMI don't know much, but it seems to be a good thing to count big payouts toward NFR qualifications. It allowed someone with a lot of talent to qualify without completely sacrificing time with her family (am I wrong about Nancy hunter)? Nancy Hunter is not the norm. She won Houston for $50,000 and also drew a decent check at Calgary. Yes, she has the talent to make it to the NFR even without those two rodeos. But Houston pretty much promised her a spot with minimal traveling. It did help her as far as family time went. But without the huge Houston and Calgary payout she would have had to travel. It's sort of sad that winning one of the only two huge rodeos pretty much guarantees you an NFR spot. Especially when they are limited to who can enter them. I guess I just feel that if those two count, they should be opened up like all the other rodeos and not just opened up to a small, hand selected few.
I dont think it should count.
I agree with you Jammie......the only rodeos that should count for the NFR should allow all members an equal opportunity to enter and win..... |
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