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Location: Cocoa, Florida | Just curious to know what everyone thinks of this?
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| Well, we live in a free country( For now anyway) and they have a right to make the rule and you have a right to go or not. |
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| Stupid!!!! |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | WTH? Hopefully some of the MN girls see this and have some info on this. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Hillbilly rodeo committee |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | No helmets in any event, now thats the dumbest thing I have ever read, all the little kids that I knew of wore a helment in mutton bustin. |
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Location: Texas | Ignorance |
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| I think they are opening themselves up for a lawsuit. Most bull riders wear helmets now. |
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| Lol, how would they feel if helmets were required?? Just let folks decide for themselves. I know a few gals who have sustained serious head injuries and now require a helmet to protect from further damage. A helmet is not about skill level. |
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| I think it should be up to the person wearing the helmet either they want to or not. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Very true  , but in all the Mutton Bustin events for the little ones always had required a helmet for the childs safety, I know all the rodeo's that whole MB's that I watched did require helmets. Maybe not all places do thou  |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I grew up riding hunter jumper so wearing a helmet is not foreign to me. When I started running barrels I wore a helmet but as I got more confident I quit wearing it. After some recent local tragic events I decided to start wearing mine again, it is my choice and I know I could just as easily break my neck with it on but at this point in my mid 30s with a boyfriend who has a 3 year old toddler that needs me right now I'd rather be As safe as I am.
I think that's ignorant if you ask me and I think they will loose business with that kind of attitude. If it was a big rodeo event I would understand but we can even wear them at the NFR so why try to spread that negativity about safety? |
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| Then they should say ... barrel racers can't use rubber bands to help keep their feet in the stirrups. No shin guards ... Ropers can't use powder. Team Ropers can't use bands on the horn and roughies can't use rosin. While they are at it ... no fancy bling .. not needed. |
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Location: Northwest | Here is the same rodeo and it doesn't say anything about helmets. Maybe that first one is a hoax? Or someone being stupid but not the rodeo committee itself?
I can't get the picture to upload but if you Facebook that rodeo you'll see the post. No mention at all about helmets.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Here's the entry information on THEIR FB page.........There is NO sentence regarding helmets......
North Star Stampede. July 29-30-31. Fri 5pm, Sat-Sun 2pm
3 Day pass is required to be in Campground.Or Contestant
Entries Open July 18th, 7am-3pm. 218-743-6463
EF $60. SB,BB,BR,CBR,SW,Dally CR,TR(each),Rookie BR.
EF $20 Novice BB, SB....
EF $10 Mutton Bustin. (Limited entries.)
BB,SB,BR,and SW may enter each day.
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$100 bonus each day for high score in BB,SB, and BR
Additional Bull Riding Bonus. 1st $800. 2nd $500. 3rd $200
Rough Stock and Timed Event All Around Saddles.
Trophy Buckles in each event.
$5900 added and bonus money |
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Location: Phoenix | Idiot. Mutton busting? Bull riding? Close minded fool. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Wow , I wonder if someone is trying to screw up this event by being a ahole saying that helmets are not allowed, someone must really hate the people putting on this event. 
Editing cause I was quoting Norma's post I thought, lol.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2016-06-24 9:43 PM
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Location: Arkansas | Southtxponygirl - 2016-06-24 6:26 PM
No helmets in any event, now thats the dumbest thing I have ever read, all the little kids that I knew of wore a helment in mutton bustin.
Bull riding and no helmet???? Oh my heavens these folks amaze me. And the way it's put-"if you need a helmet don't enter"??? Hateful sounding |
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Location: Illinois | WOW..... Idiots. |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Southtxponygirl - 2016-06-24 6:45 PM
Wow , I wonder if someone is trying to screw up this event by being a ahole saying that helmets are not allowed, someone must really hate the people putting on this event. Editing cause I was quoting Norma's post I thought, lol.
Yeah I thought that was really interesting! At first I didn't think it was right to say that helmets weren't allowed, not just because of barrel racers but the roughstock people and mutton bustin kids too, but since I don't exactly see it maybe it was a hoax to see who was paying attention? |
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