I enjoy rodeo, and especially bullriding, but I'm not sure that kids should be doing it.
A bull is an INCREDIBLY powerful animal, most especially dangerous when angry or excited. Certainly nothing for a 12 year old child to be messing with.
Very sad.
Some Democratic dork like Henry Waxman will probably use this as an excuse to put on his wiser-than-you-big-brother hat and introduce a bill to outlaw bull riding--and maybe rodeos in general.
Now, here's the part that disturbs me. Those damn vultures at the Denver Post are calling the household of a family that just watched their son die a horrible death and they expect the family to come to the phone and talk to the media about it. Man, I can't stand it to watch these parasites and their voyuerism whenever somebody dies. It's sickening.
If I were the Dad, I would have grabbed an airhorn and come to the phone and said "You want a quote? I'll give you a quote" and then blasted their ear with the airhorn. Then I would have hung up the phone.
I was a pretty cocky little boy but 8 year-old's shouldn't handle full auto firearms and 12 year-old's should try to handle rodeo bulls.
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think so.
Children lack the coordination and reflexes to get out of the way of most animals let alone a bull. It’s crazy that parents would let children as young as eight participate in bull riding.
Way off topic, because rodeo is off my radar, but a couple of weeks ago wifey and I spent a relatively nice night (I say "relatively" because the town is sadly depressed) in Pecos, Texas.....their main claim to fame seems to be that the first ever rodeo was held there in something like 1883.
Another tidbit about poor Pecos....lacking much in the way of dining, we took a crapshoot on the local Chinese buffet........best damn meal we had during our entire four weeks cruising the entire lower third of the country. This little place was not "Panda Express", it was fine veggies, great gulf shrimp dishes and tummies full of great grub.