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LCS5484 PBR Member Posts: 289	IPRA Jan 11, 2006 14:03:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LCS5484 on Jan 11, 2006 14:03:37 GMT -5 Anyone ever pay attention to this?? I met Raymond Cooper a little while back and just found out that he was Bareback Champion in 2001. Thought it was kinda neat and wondered if any of you have heard of him.
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cowboy4443 PBR Member Posts: 667	IPRA Jan 11, 2006 22:12:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cowboy4443 on Jan 11, 2006 22:12:23 GMT -5 We have Kevin Daniel right here in Franklin, Tennessee that was IPRA header of the year in 2004. It's an awesome association. Cowboy4443
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WI8SecFan Producer Check out Mike Rodgers the Honky Tonk Hitman: http://www.honkytonkhitman.com/ Posts: 1,463	IPRA Jan 13, 2006 12:37:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WI8SecFan on Jan 13, 2006 12:37:13 GMT -5 They usually put on a pretty good show. Has anyone heard anymore about what happened with the talks they were having with the PBR about a possible partnership?
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cowboyup1991 PBR Member Jacksonville 8 Second Fantasy Winner Posts: 325	IPRA Jan 13, 2006 17:20:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cowboyup1991 on Jan 13, 2006 17:20:20 GMT -5 i have heard some talk of it but nuthin else. does anyone know if Marty Brock is still roping calves in? it last i heard he was from Durant, OK
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cowboyway76 Amateur Posts: 3	IPRA Jun 16, 2006 7:35:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cowboyway76 on Jun 16, 2006 7:35:46 GMT -5 Been with the I.P.R.A. goin on 4 yrs. Good association,awesome bulls and graet shows "Dream as if you'll live forever,Live as if you'll die today"
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IPRA Jan 24, 2007 17:29:25 GMT -5

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Post by WI8SecFan on Jan 24, 2007 17:29:25 GMT -5

The IPRA has announced that it has been sold to a private firm:

IFR might not return to Oklahoma City

By Ed Godfrey
The Oklahoman

The International Finals Rodeo might not return to Oklahoma City next year.
The rodeo, which is the season ending championship of the International Professional Rodeo Association, has been held in Oklahoma City since it moved from Tulsa in 1991.

But the IPRA, which also is headquartered in Oklahoma City, has been bought by two rodeo promoters from Colorado. They are not saying they are moving the IFR to another town, but they are not guaranteeing they won’t.

Jim Nichols, a former longtime employee of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, and Jason Adams, also a former PRCA employee and chief executive offer of Rodeo SI, a Colorado corporation, bought the IPRA in August.

They said the IPRA, which began in 1957 in Pauls Valley, was in financial trouble and on the verge of dissolving.

“We did not feel like the option of letting the second-largest rodeo organization with 330 rodeos and 200-plus members go under would be good for the industry and good for the sport,” Nichols said.

The new ownership plans to restructure the IPRA as a forprofit company by following the same business model used by NASCAR and Professional Bull Riders Inc.

Restructuring means changes will be made. Nichols and Adams say they will explore their options as far as the IFR’s future in Oklahoma City.

“We are trying to figure out where is the most viable spot for it,” Adams said.

Attendance at the IFR has dwindled over the years.

“As much as we enjoy Oklahoma, we can’t continue to lose as much money as we have to date,” Adams said.

But Adams said they still need to speak to city and state leaders about the IFR and the IPRA’s future before making a decision.

“We don’t have any desire to leave,” Nichols said. “We don’t have any location that is sitting out there saying, ‘We will pay you millions of dollars to bring your event to us.’

“But our options are also open. We need to look at it from a business standpoint and what is financially best for the organization.”

Oklahoma has more rodeo fans per capita than any other state, Adams said. v “But the problem is a lot of the major rodeos have gone away,” he said.

If the IFR does return to Oklahoma City, it likely would be rescheduled in a month other than January, where winter weather has restricted attendance, they said.

The IPRA will now be part of the new World Rodeo Federation, which Adams describes as an umbrella organization that hopes to bring all rodeo associations under the same roof.

“We’re too fragmented,” Adams said of the rodeo industry. “We hope the IPRA can be the epicenter for this new World Rodeo Federation.”

It will be intresting to see what they do and how this may impact the small and medium rodeos. Also the IFR (The IPRA finals) was held last weekend. Final results have not yet been posted.

"All I have to do is really learn how to dance with a bull. You just have to remember that he's definitely leading and you have to follow. You can't get behind at all. If you keep in time with him, you're all right. I just wish it wasn't such a hard dance to learn."- Fred Boettcher

plumberbred Amateur Posts: 6	IPRA Feb 20, 2007 13:39:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by plumberbred on Feb 20, 2007 13:39:54 GMT -5 Blaine Whipp's been haningin' in pretty good! Finished 3rd in the bullriding at the finals, good to see from one of the veterans!

fordman93 Amateur Posts: 2	IPRA Jul 6, 2009 0:19:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordman93 on Jul 6, 2009 0:19:44 GMT -5 I just went to the Sherriffs Posse Rodeo here in South Bend Indiana and these guys really did put on a show.

barneyrubble Amateur Posts: 2	IPRA Jul 12, 2009 15:11:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barneyrubble on Jul 12, 2009 15:11:00 GMT -5 IPRA= I Prefer (To) Rodeo Amateur

barneyrubble Amateur Posts: 2	IPRA Jul 12, 2009 15:12:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barneyrubble on Jul 12, 2009 15:12:39 GMT -5 BTW, the World Rodeo Federation never really got off the ground, and after lawsuits, etc., the IPRA is pretty much back to same old same old.