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: I'll answer a couple of the questions that
: were asked above....
:
: This year it will be the same 11 guys in
: each event at the regular season tour
: events. Halfway through the season this
: year, the qualification system will kick in
: and anyone can enter a qualifying a rodeo
: and count their points towards the ERA
: Finals in Dallas. The top 2 guys in each
: event in the qualifier standings will be
: allowed to compete with the other 11 guys at
: the ERA Finals in Dallas.
: Next year the qualification system is
: different. A 15 stop 2017 ERA Tour will
: consist of 10 athletes in each event and
: will have tour cuts before tour stops 1, 6
: and 11 where the bottom 3 contestants in
: each event’s standings will fall off and the
: top 3 contestants from the Qualifying Race
: will be promoted onto the tour.
:
: There is no payout for the average. It's 2
: separate performances.
:
: The guys competing, especially the ones that
: are stockholders of the ERA, realize this is
: a work in progress. It's not going to be an
: overnight success. Each rodeo can't payout
: $200-300k. The money is just not there
: right now to pay more than what it's paying.
: As it is, it's paying out $100,000 each
: night - $200,000 per weekend. Don't forget,
: these guys are only having to travel for 12
: weekends a year this year. They are not
: incurring the expense as if they were
: chasing the PRCA dream 45 weekends a year.
: PLUS, the finals in November are going to
: pay out over $3m. So it's realistic for
: several of the guys to win over $100k this
: year and all of them will probably end up
: winning $40-50k. Here's another way to look
: at it. Between the regular season and the
: finals, there will be $675,000 paid out per
: event. That's allowing over $60k average
: per contestant.
:
: Here is something for you guys to ponder and
: discuss. For a rodeo to be eligible to be a
: "qualifying rodeo" it must meet
: the following criteria:
:
: -Must have all 7 standard rodeo disciplines,
: unless competition is an ERA approved event.
:
: Bareback Riding
: Steer Wrestling
: Saddle Bronc Riding
: Tie-down Roping
: Team Roping
: Bull Riding
: Barrel Racing
: – Must have a minimum of $5,000.00 added
: money in the event that you are declaring
: points in.
: – The rodeo may not have limits less than 36
: entries per discipline.
: – Can be any organization or open rodeo
: whose results are public and verifiable.
:
: There are very few IPRA rodeos that meet
: this. There are even less open rodeos that
: meet this. I would venture to guess there
: are no amateur (CPRA, UPRA, CRRA, etc)
: rodeos that meet this criteria. So this
: leaves mainly PRCA rodeos to use as
: qualifying rodeos. Most all of the
: contestants can't go to PRCA rodeos so how
: are they going to re-qualify if they get
: bumped off tour? I'm sure this is something
: they have already discovered. They have
: almost a year to get a system in place that
: will accommodate the ones that can't go to
: PRCA rodeos.
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