Many of you know that I attend a Cowboy CHurch, and we hold rodeo. The big buzz around the church last night was that the Professional Bull Riders Association is changing the length of a completed ride from eight seconds to six seconds.
In what is being called the most significant rule change in the history of pro bull riding, PBR today reduced the length of time required for a qualified bull ride from 8 to 6 seconds.
Any rider who holds onto the bull rope without touching the animal, himself or the ground for a period of 6 seconds will now be granted a score.
That rule change will not affect me in the slightest, because I'm not climbing on any bulls. However, I am wondering if George Strait will have to change the lyrics of Amarillo By Morning?
I'll be looking for eight when they pull that gate, and I hope that judge ain't blind.
6 comments:
That's...odd...are the bulls that much better?
no fn way!!! just keeps getinn worse an worse
I guess the two seconds are to help reducing rider injuries. In time, that reference to '8 seconds' in songs is going to be hard to understand with newer cowboys / cowgirls (Are they still called that ? Is there another term to replace them ?).
jrg
Another example of society lowering the bar....
Cowpeople just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Well, at San Antonio Rodeo, the night we went only 1 rider made 8 seconds on the bull. None of these riders were rookies or amateurs, many were seasoned & top ranked. I watched another night were very few made 8 seconds - I think 2 and another that went all the way to the last bull rider for an 8 second ride.
It’s not easy. It doesn’t look easy, but it’s way more difficult than it looks.
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