Dilemma 5
So what happened?
Did the PRCA board reorganize their board structure?
Nope.
Must have been a been
a war though... plenty of action.. . …cussin... screamin’...
blood--fun stuff, huh?
Nope.
Nah... the topic didn’t
even come up until the last 5 minutes of a 75 minute meeting. The
Chairman brought it up for discussion. and one of the proposal’s authors...
mumbled something about a PARTICULAR timed event director having the votes to
block it... and then he up and withdrew the proposal. Just like
that.
Geez. if
Ida known that they were going to run like lit on fire Warf Rats I wouldn’t
have spent the money on getting my Mousekateer Ears dry cleaned for the
meeting.
At least the Boy
Scouts have adult leadership... what a joke.
So why did the rodeo
committees and stock contractors duck?
THEY whine that the
time-ee had them blocked. Probably did... but you never
know. Sometimes during a lengthy discussion people will change their
minds. They needed 9 of 11 votes. The Independent
business men probably would’ve abstained.... so all they needed was 7 of 9
votes. They mighta THOUGHT that both the timed event directors
(not the event reps) were solidly against it. I think only one
was... the one who would have eliminated his own position by passing
it. The other... he pretty much votes his OWN conscious.
They also coulda figured that one of the two riding event directors would
vote against it since he too would’ve eliminated his position. Guess
we’ll never know... they didn’t give him a chance. And they
should’ve. They should’ve given RODEO a chance.
They should’ve
brought the proposal to a vote.... just to find out who was putting their own
their own interests ahead of rodeo’s. It would’ve at least
been on record. But they didn’t even try.
How do you respect
people like that? They left their constituents hanging... plagued
with all sorts of problems like turn outs, slack, and lots of other stuff
with NO CHANCE of any solutions. The board IS and WILL remain
DEADLOCKED on any rules addressing those problems.
When those guys
withdrew their proposal--they left the future of RODEO hanging.
So what REALLY
happened? It would only be a guess on my part.
I THINK.... they
really didn’t care about reorganizing for any other reason than to get rid
of the two Independent Business Director positions. After they
withdrew the proposal they tossed olive branches toward the two business
guys...”Hopefully we can work together in the future... blah... blah...
blah”. Thought I was going to puke. And THIS time
it wasn’t the lunch meat that made me sick.
Or maybe... when the
stock contractor organization started downloading the Dilemma articles from
this website and mailing them all over the place--some of their constituents
probably didn’t think that the 7-7 structure was a good deal. I
would guess that they weren’t sure they could control the Contract
Personnel vote--particularly the person holding the vote at the
moment. I’ll bet they use that as an excuse....
NOW.
Or maybe they wanted
to try to get the riding events and timed events cutting each other’s
cinches. That’s going to happen anyway. It is
inevitable. Different animals trapped in the same zoo. If
the Commissioner ever actually went through with his proposed (in concept
only) Riding Event Tour THIS group of timed event reps wouldn’t go for the
deal even though the concept has BEEN approved for more than a
YEAR. Unanimously supported I might add. They were
being stirred up before the NFR and boiled over a little at the NFR
contestant orientaion meeting. The know that the captains of the PRCA
ship won’t even attempt to sail in stormy seas. They’ll remain tied
to the dock.
A riding events tour
will NEVER happen inside the PRCA. The window of opportunity
closed months ago. That is going to disappoint a lot of riding event
guys out there trying to make a living. Guys who want to take the best
cowboys and best stock, get on television, and DO something rather than
WAITING for some outside party to come drop an opportunity in their
laps. The riding eventers have been EXPECTING the tour ever since
the Commissioner first brought up the idea. When the PRCA board
ratified it--they thought it was a done deal. It should have
been.
The Riding Event
directors will be expected (by their constituents--the people they are
supposed to be looking out for) to retaliate. Should the timed events
be allowed to hold the riding event hostage? That’s ANOTHER subject
we will explore..... but we’ll do it in another piece at another time.
Okay... we got
sidetracked there... back to the possible reasons the committee and stock
contractor directors pulled their reorganization proposal.
Perhaps THIS
Commissioner really didn’t want the tie breaking vote. He probably is
going to take less heat if he continues to operate under the “do whatever
the hell you need to do” edict from the board of the directors.
Less hassle for him and an easy excuse for the board members. They can
deny support for any specific action or program and run for cover under the
“whatever the hell he wants to do” umbrella.
Probably ALL those
things played a part. But regardless of their reasoning the
proposal’s authors CHOSE to cut and run rather than fight it out. No
one should have left that room until they got it resolved. The rodeo
didn’t start for four days. Even if they didn’t reorganize the
board, they should have left with compromises and agreements on solutions for
rodeo’s major problems.
The ONLY value of the
reorganization plan was that MAYBE it would force the board to finally accept
their elected responsibilities and SOLVE some problems other than their own
personal ones.
Fact is THIS board
structure WILL NOT WORK.... CANNOT WORK. EVER.
While I like and respect most of the people on the board as individuals... as
a GROUP operating under the illusion (delusion) of being a board of
directors entrusted with the privilege of caretaking professional rodeo and
securing its future..... well .... THAT is another matter.
I come down hard on
them. Someone should. When a person accepts a board position I
expect a lot out of them. When they walk into a meeting they have
to come to do rodeo business... not take care of things that just they, their
friends, or the PRCA administration wants. Their first responsibility
and duty is to take care of RODEO in its entirety. I guess in
their defense—that meeting for 3-4 hours every 3-4 months…. well what can
you expect?
I’m glad I’m not
on that board. We have absolutely nothing in common.....
except baloney breath. A scrawny little mouse in a room full of FAT CAT
rats.
Those are MY
PERSONAL OPINIONS, of course. I’m sure you could’ve found
......1.....2...3...4...5 .... 16 .... 18.... 21... 25?... either 25 or
26 other people in that board room who felt the opposite way. Majority
rules... they’re right I’m wrong. This is the United States and the
best democracy in the world. I’m proud to live
here.
GOD Bless America.....
GOD bless Rodeo.....
He better. With this board and structure it doesn’t have a PRAYER.
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