Daily Archives: December 17, 2009

Let’s talk instant replay…. This topic has really blown up lately as far as the Rodeo Arena. Personally when I was watching round 10 of the WNFR and Luke Branquinho threw his steer and it rolled right out of his hands and the judges called it “NO TIME”, my heart just sank. Then immediately you think, “play the replay, play the replay”. Well they can play the replay all day long, but if it doesn’t count for the cowboy or cowgirl what is the point? So that is the big question right now…where is instant replay in rodeo?

 Personally I feel that if we want the world of rodeo to be respected and treated like a professional sport, we need to have the advantages that professional sports associations  have, and one of those is instant replay. These rodeo athletes work so hard all year long, and there is a lot of money on the line, so I feel they should have every opportunity they can to succeed. Instant replay will help with this, plus I am sure every judge in the arena, NEVER wants to make a bad call, so this would help in those situations as well.

 However there are still many questions that have to be answered. Should instant replay just be at the NFR, or do we have it at all tour finals? How does the PRCA decide which rodeos are important enough to warrant instant replay? These are all questions that I am sure people want answers to.

 How do you feel about instant replay in rodeo?