NFR Selection Time

TO: Professional Rodeo Bull Riders, Bull Fighters, Barrel Dwellers, Announcers, and (ick) Judges.

FROM:  The Bull Riding Director of the Entire PRCA (that’s a pretty big deal) 

Dear Agents,

It's time once again to pick out the best bulls in the land. Without good bulls none of us would have a job. We’d be elbowing high school kids away from the deep fat fryers at McDonald’s and Burger King.  If there are any NFR bulls hiding out there, the full timers need to hear about them -- it’s in OUR best interest.  Because of the bull riding event most of you earn more than $6.35 an hour and all the day-old fries you can eat (depending on how well you ride or who you work for).  

The first 85 head (of 100) list has to be in by the 15^th of the month so if you could phone me or even better e-mail me .  Surely by now every one knows someone who knows about e-mail and computers and stuff.  If the Stock Contractors have figured it out… well …. what does that say about YOU if you haven’t yet?   My voice mailbox at Ranch Headquarters stays pretty full of stock contractor threats.   That phone # is:  719-something, but I wouldn’t count on getting in.   One contractor filled up the entire box.   Do you know how many “F” words you can put in a Ranch Headquarters box?   13,456.

There is no need to waste time on the herds that the full time guys see all season.  They’re already formed opinions one way or the other. While we hang cool names on the various types of bulls we take to the NFR, basically if there’s a bucker out there—it is in everyone’s best interest that he be at the NFR.  Without bull riding the NFR wouldn’t draw any better than an Antiques Road Show. (Even though we kind of attract the same TV audience).   A brief physical description and their typical bucking pattern would be helpful.

Remember now, in theory an NFR bull should have the ability to buck a NFR rider off and we you get into the harder-to-ride pens, they need to be at least a 20 if ridden.  A spinner these days better be a 22. Also, the bull fighters can’t even look in their direction.   I think they fined a bullfighter last year when he was just picking his nose.  They said he flicked a booger and it took the bull to the left.    They played the tape… it was gross.   Hit the bull in the side of the head (which turned the bull back to the right) then it kinda went back and up into the bull riders open mouth.  YUCK.    Apparently he was a booger eater, because didn’t whine about a reride option.   If a bull hasn’t traveled very far, and won’t be able to handle staying alone around pens of other bulls who aren’t very congenial, and be able to chill even with all those bright lights, noise (including chute boss encouragement), and the smell of 15,000 humans (and I’m sure they smell)—we better take something else.   

In past years, whenever a bull didn’t buck, the scoreboard flashed the person who recommended it.    Mine was never up there of course.     

Thank You….

Bryan aka BR-1