Paper refuses to cover rodeo with restrictions

Actually rodeo is still very big in Denver, ranking among top five rodeos on the circuit. It is a major fianncial boost to economy each January, when Denver hotels, restaurants and retailers have positive cash flows in normally slow month.

As for college rodeo, the late Chirs LeDoux, former world champion bronc rider turned country sinker, compete on broncs for U of Wyoming.

 

A lot longer than BYH ... well, you know.

 

If being told where we could sit and where we needed to be to be able to talk to participants were grounds for not covering something, there would hardly be a college or pro event covered in this country.

There is a big difference between the media folks trying to manage what you write or shoot and trying to manage where you can be and who you can speak to.

The second is par for the course and you work around it as best you can.

Now, if the rodeo folks tried to claim ownership of any images or depictions from their little arena, I would tell them to get gored. But this is not a big deal.

 

I thought LeDoux just rodeod for Casper College. Either way, he was a great cowboy and singer.

 

My mistake. He actually transfered from Casper College to Eastern New Mexico, and had rodeo scholarships to both schools. He then won a world title, selling his 8-track CDs at the rodeo concessions stands. He would often be the warmup act for Ricky and the Red Streaks at the Hitching Post during Frontier Days.

 

Stephenville ... A great town to visit a couple of times a year. There's a restaurant/bar down the street from campus called Montana's that's pretty good, and of course there is Hard Eight BBQ. And Dublin Dr Pepper. Yes yes yes, Dublin Dr Pepper.

Don't know if I'd want to live there full-time, though.

 

Yes, we do miss Dublin Dr Pepper. When we (my wife worked there as news editor) were there, Montana's was one of the few decent places to eat. So we ate there a lot, and quickly got sick of it. But in a lot of ways I liked the town. Had I not worked four months without a day off and been working an average of 12 hours a day, I might have stayed more than six months.

 

Tangent: How can the PBR not have PBR as a major sponsor?

 

National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association: http://www.collegerodeo.com/

 

the pride of kaycee, wyoming. great little town.

 

You would think so, wouldn;'t you...

 

Was there any resolution to this or response from the rodeo officials?