Post by Homeslice on Jan 27, 2009 15:39:15 GMT -5
From PBRNow.com:
PUEBLO, Colo. (January 27, 2009) - At the beginning of the 2009 Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) season, the PBR’s Rules & Regulations Committee made the decision that only the top forty bull riders in the world will now compete on the prestigious tour. The decision was made to create a stronger competitiveness among those qualified riders. On Monday, January 26, the PBR administration announced the first official cut of the 2009 season.
The riders who were dropped from the prestigious BFTS tour following the Dickies Invitational in Dallas, Texas are: Harve Stewart (Stephenville, Texas), Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas), Pistol Robinson (Burleson, Texas); Clayton Williams (Carthage, Texas), LJ Jenkins (Texico, N.M.), Vince Northrop (Davidson, SK, Canada), Clayton Foltyn (El Campo, Texas), Dustin Hall (Springfield, Mo.), Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK, Canada), Brian Canter (Randleman, N.C.), Colby Yates (Fort Worth, Texas), DJ Domangue (Schriever, La.), and Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil).
However, due to their standings in the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour and as a previous PBR World Champion, Canter and Caminhas will remain on the BFTS tour. In addition to those two riders, Pete Farley (Kempsey, AUS), Jock Connolly (Queensland, AUS), Skeeter Kingsolver (Mclouth, Kan.), and McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas) will also advance to the elite BFTS tour by virtue of their achievements at the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour level.
The purpose of the cut is to determine which 40 bull riders will be competing on the elite Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS). Upon the conclusion of every fifth BFTS tour stop, the lowest ranked riders in the BFTS point standings are dropped from the tour and replaced by the top five riders in the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger tour standings. Money earned at all lower level PBR tours – Copenhagen Bull Riding Tour, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, Discovery Tour, and international tours – counts toward earning a spot among the 40 best bull riding athletes in the PBR. All 2008 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals qualifiers received five BFTS events before they were subject to the cut.
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Wow, I can't believe they're wanting to cut this much deeper. And I can't believe the big names who are going away, like L.J., Pistol, and Reese! Good to see that Brian Canter still has a chance to redeem himself, as does Ednei, though for Ednei, it's not looking good because of his lowly stats this year. He probably should've retired a year ago....
On the other hand, I'm glad for those making it on - I am for one excited to see TWO new Aussies make it on tour, two guys we've never seen on the BFTS. I can't wait to see what they bring to the table. And I'm glad to see that McKennon's gonna get another shot at the BFTS after failing to make the Finals in '08.
Anyway, there you are.
PUEBLO, Colo. (January 27, 2009) - At the beginning of the 2009 Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) season, the PBR’s Rules & Regulations Committee made the decision that only the top forty bull riders in the world will now compete on the prestigious tour. The decision was made to create a stronger competitiveness among those qualified riders. On Monday, January 26, the PBR administration announced the first official cut of the 2009 season.
The riders who were dropped from the prestigious BFTS tour following the Dickies Invitational in Dallas, Texas are: Harve Stewart (Stephenville, Texas), Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas), Pistol Robinson (Burleson, Texas); Clayton Williams (Carthage, Texas), LJ Jenkins (Texico, N.M.), Vince Northrop (Davidson, SK, Canada), Clayton Foltyn (El Campo, Texas), Dustin Hall (Springfield, Mo.), Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK, Canada), Brian Canter (Randleman, N.C.), Colby Yates (Fort Worth, Texas), DJ Domangue (Schriever, La.), and Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil).
However, due to their standings in the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour and as a previous PBR World Champion, Canter and Caminhas will remain on the BFTS tour. In addition to those two riders, Pete Farley (Kempsey, AUS), Jock Connolly (Queensland, AUS), Skeeter Kingsolver (Mclouth, Kan.), and McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas) will also advance to the elite BFTS tour by virtue of their achievements at the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour level.
The purpose of the cut is to determine which 40 bull riders will be competing on the elite Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS). Upon the conclusion of every fifth BFTS tour stop, the lowest ranked riders in the BFTS point standings are dropped from the tour and replaced by the top five riders in the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger tour standings. Money earned at all lower level PBR tours – Copenhagen Bull Riding Tour, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, Discovery Tour, and international tours – counts toward earning a spot among the 40 best bull riding athletes in the PBR. All 2008 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals qualifiers received five BFTS events before they were subject to the cut.
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Wow, I can't believe they're wanting to cut this much deeper. And I can't believe the big names who are going away, like L.J., Pistol, and Reese! Good to see that Brian Canter still has a chance to redeem himself, as does Ednei, though for Ednei, it's not looking good because of his lowly stats this year. He probably should've retired a year ago....
On the other hand, I'm glad for those making it on - I am for one excited to see TWO new Aussies make it on tour, two guys we've never seen on the BFTS. I can't wait to see what they bring to the table. And I'm glad to see that McKennon's gonna get another shot at the BFTS after failing to make the Finals in '08.
Anyway, there you are.
