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Location: Where it isn’t cold! | Willow55 - 2014-12-14 2:07 PM
Didn't nancy win Houston in 2013 but didn't make the finals? So no easy trip there. I think she deserved to be there 110%.... Along with Kaley.
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uno-dos-tres! - 2014-12-11 10:28 AM hlynn - 2014-12-11 10:22 PM CJE - 2014-12-11 9:14 PM NJJ - 2014-12-10 12:16 PM Personally, I don't think ANY money won at ANY "invitational" should count. And the WPRA screwed their members by allowing that to happen. That being said to say that any of the ladies there at the NFR don't "deserve" to be there is asinine.  Agree.......and if I am not mistaken.......in a interview Kaley Bass even said herself she didn't think invitational rodeos should count........and it helped her make the NFR........ A few of them made that comment. I saw it on a website that interviewed all 15 of them. "What would you change about rodeo?" A few mentioned invitationals shouldn't count.
The committees are the shakers here. Not the players and the middle man our associations are in a tough spot balancing the "act".Â
I would love the big rodeos to open up much like the Ft Worth show. I just don't see that ever occurring again. But, I don't ever say never as several girls have learned the reason they got to dance was a big invitational win. Even if they were profoundly against the $ counting. I've not seen one turn down  the paid EF's and I've seen smiles as they've raced down  the T&M alley.Â
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Why should they turn it down? They qualified fairly under the existing rules. Nothing underhanded happened, they qualified fair and square. It doesn't mean they agree with invitationals qualifying. |
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Location: The Great Midwest | Shorty 2 - 2014-12-14 4:59 PM
Willow55 - 2014-12-14 2:07 PM
Didn't nancy win Houston in 2013 but didn't make the finals? So no easy trip there. I think she deserved to be there 110%.... Along with Kaley.
Yes, Nancy won Houston in 2013 but it didn't count that year for NFR standings.
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Location: North Dakota | Nateracer - 2014-12-11 10:21 AM
astreakinchic - 2014-12-11 10:18 AM Nateracer - 2014-12-11 11:11 AM lookout hill - 2014-12-11 10:07 AM It's not riders fault that they were talented enough to win the big rodeos.
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They didn't get handed that money, they still had to do a lot of work to win! Its invitation only....not all and allowed to compete.
 I agree 100% If you can win at a competitive rodeo w/ a ton of prize # you deserve to go to the NFR! |
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Nateracer - 2014-12-11 10:21 AM
astreakinchic - 2014-12-11 10:18 AM Nateracer - 2014-12-11 11:11 AM lookout hill - 2014-12-11 10:07 AM It's not riders fault that they were talented enough to win the big rodeos.
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They didn't get handed that money, they still had to do a lot of work to win! Its invitation only....not all and allowed to compete. I agree 100% If you can win at a competitive rodeo w/ a ton of prize # you deserve to go to the NFR!
Okay lets not give ppl like Sarah M and others just starting on the rodeo road with good horses a fair chance. If she would have got the invite or had the chance to run at the big invites she would have been in the top 15 without a doubt. |
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| Agreed. That has always been the beauty of rodeo for me. You can BE an "average Joe" (ie someone who hasn't been able to go down the road) and still be able to outrun the toughs. Heck, I have learned to NEVER discount the "local yokels", no matter what their horse looks like or how they are dressed. They have taken my money more than once. And don't forget that Charmayne and Scamper were once those local yokels running at their first rodeo and they made history and records that will stand for many, many years.
Limiting entries can decrease the level of competition. It's like saying that you are afraid some unknown will come in and embarrass the "toughs" by outrunning them. They should at least get the chance. And this is not even mentioning the regional toughs that normally for whatever reason can't don't haul all over the country. Shouldn't they get a chance to prove themselves as bonafide cardholders? |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | rodeoveteran - 2014-12-15 12:19 PM Agreed. That has always been the beauty of rodeo for me. You can BE an "average Joe" (ie someone who hasn't been able to go down the road) and still be able to outrun the toughs. Heck, I have learned to NEVER discount the "local yokels", no matter what their horse looks like or how they are dressed. They have taken my money more than once. And don't forget that Charmayne and Scamper were once those local yokels running at their first rodeo and they made history and records that will stand for many, many years. Limiting entries can decrease the level of competition. It's like saying that you are afraid some unknown will come in and embarrass the "toughs" by outrunning them. They should at least get the chance. And this is not even mentioning the regional toughs that normally for whatever reason can't don't haul all over the country. Shouldn't they get a chance to prove themselves as bonafide cardholders?
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