[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Maybe:), but I would think those men knew they couldn't afford to get hurt. They also didn't have arenas, and bucking shoots. Most of their work was done on an open prarie, from what I have read about the history of rodeos.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

To be sure, it's only a carnival representation of cowboy life. I enjoy the cutting and roping sports, I think they are still good representations of those skills, and I like events like gaming races. I happen to think bull and bronc riding is a perversion of the animal's function, no point in breaking a bull to ride, and no function in climbing on a bucking horse no one ever intends to train.

[cowboyway]

Hello, Beck. Fancy seeing you here.

Anyway, there are many ranch rodeos throughout the US that specialize in events for working cowboys.

That aside, the history of sports springs from using games to hone hunting and survival skills. Given that the vast majority do not need these skills to survive today, why have sports at all?

Besides, you know how bull riding got started.

"Hey Slim. Bet you a months pay you cain't ride that bull.........."