Bull riding wins

Bill C said:

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Cycling screened out
Cycling fans will have several options for following the 21-day Giro
D'Italia, which began yesterday; unfortunately, none of those include
live coverage. That's a departure from recent years when Outdoor Life
Network provided live coverage of the Big Three of international
cycling: the Giro, Tour de France, and Vuelta a Espana. The US

viewing

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numbers aren't high enough for OLN to peddle the necessary

advertising

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to continue live daily coverage, except for the Tour de France. So

OLN

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will wrap up the Giro with two-hour versions of its "Cyclysm" show at

5

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p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. On weekdays, OLNTV.com will offer
streaming video of the Giro's world feed (and archives of that

coverage

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for evening viewers) for $5.95 for the entire event . . . The male
demographic ratings for OLN's "Professional Bull Riding" series are

up

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significantly from last year: 166 percent in the 18-34 age group and

48

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percent in the 25-54 age group . .

YEEHAWwww!
Bill C

Sorry here's a link that works, but that about it for the cycling
stuff.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D1B422A0B
Bill C

Cycling's always going to suffer, in that it's a sport where you pay to
do it, but watch for free. In other words, it's fun as hell to do, not
so much fun to watch, unless you are in the sport.

OLN hasn't figured out a way to cover the sport that generates any
excitement whatsoever (Lance notwithstanding) with the common viewer.

Bull riding, on the other hand, is brilliantly produced/marketed.
Short, highly intense action segments with few breaks in between rides.
The antithesis of cycling coverage. You don't have to have EVER seen a
bull or a cowboy up close to know that that's some seriously
crazy/dangerous [censored] those guys are doing.

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or sprints
with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to be
the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

Scott said:

Cycling's always going to suffer, in that it's a sport where you pay

to

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do it, but watch for free. In other words, it's fun as hell to do,

not

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so much fun to watch, unless you are in the sport.

OLN hasn't figured out a way to cover the sport that generates any
excitement whatsoever (Lance notwithstanding) with the common viewer.

Bull riding, on the other hand, is brilliantly produced/marketed.
Short, highly intense action segments with few breaks in between

rides.

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The antithesis of cycling coverage. You don't have to have EVER seen

a

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bull or a cowboy up close to know that that's some seriously
crazy/dangerous [censored] those guys are doing.

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or sprints
with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to be
the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

Yeah, it's pretty good TV for the mases. I had a European Rodeo Cowboys
Association card for a while. Even did some bullriding pratice, but
even I hadn't been hit in the head enough to stick with it.
Chris Ledoux who died recently really has some great songs about the
life if anyone cares. he was a world champion and definitely was
telling the story from experience.
Bill C

Bill C said:

Scott said:

Cycling's always going to suffer, in that it's a sport where you

pay

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to

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do it, but watch for free. In other words, it's fun as hell to do,

not

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so much fun to watch, unless you are in the sport.

OLN hasn't figured out a way to cover the sport that generates any
excitement whatsoever (Lance notwithstanding) with the common

viewer.

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Bull riding, on the other hand, is brilliantly produced/marketed.
Short, highly intense action segments with few breaks in between

rides.

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The antithesis of cycling coverage. You don't have to have EVER

seen

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a

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bull or a cowboy up close to know that that's some seriously
crazy/dangerous [censored] those guys are doing.

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or

sprints

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with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to

be

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the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

Yeah, it's pretty good TV for the mases. I had a European Rodeo

Cowboys

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Association card for a while. Even did some bullriding pratice, but
even I hadn't been hit in the head enough to stick with it.
Chris Ledoux who died recently really has some great songs about the
life if anyone cares. he was a world champion and definitely was
telling the story from experience.
Bill C

I have a confession to make.........The wife and I attended the most
recent PBR event in Colorado Springs, holy [censored] are those guys crazy.
It is a well produced, high intensity show !!! It's no surprise that it
has grown so much, never a dull moment.
We did [censored] people off by cheering for the bulls !!! Everytime so poor
smuck got drilled or lanched we were on our feet screaming.....It's
like a good hockey fight..only one-sided.
Cycling doesn't stand a chance for viewer share with this type of
traveling
circus. I miss the [censored] out of hockey this pass winter and found myself
watching PBR. Pretty pathetic that I know the top bulls and their stats
!
My pick for bull of the year has to be "Western Wishes"....you saw it
first here !

"OMC"
PBR/BS Expert

Scott said:

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or sprints
with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to be
the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

Maybe making it as interactive as possible. Moto-cams are nice, but we
need helmet cams with live HRM telemetry.

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a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

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Cycling's always going to suffer, in that it's a sport where you pay to
do it, but watch for free. In other words, it's fun as hell to do, not
so much fun to watch, unless you are in the sport.

I disagree. I train everyday on the bike. When I kick back in front of
the tube the last thing I want to do is watch more cycling ugghhh. I enjoy
the bullriding, it is intense and is crazy too. But I like that adventure
stuff too. Where they climb mountains, kayak, and do all kinds of crazy
things. I figure if you need more cycling, you ain't training hard enough.

Why cycling will never be able to compete with Rodeo riding.

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Cycling's always going to suffer, in that it's a sport where you pay to
do it, but watch for free. In other words, it's fun as hell to do, not
so much fun to watch, unless you are in the sport.

OLN hasn't figured out a way to cover the sport that generates any
excitement whatsoever (Lance notwithstanding) with the common viewer.

Bull riding, on the other hand, is brilliantly produced/marketed.
Short, highly intense action segments with few breaks in between rides.
The antithesis of cycling coverage. You don't have to have EVER seen a
bull or a cowboy up close to know that that's some seriously
crazy/dangerous [censored] those guys are doing.

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or sprints
with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to be
the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

"B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Rtnge.839$bm5.791
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Why cycling will never be able to compete with Rodeo riding.

Face it....as a spectator sport, for the uninitiated, cycling is inscrutable.
Ever watch a race with someone who knows nothing about cycling (and Kuncich
doesn't count)? Ever notice how their eyes glaze over when you try to explain
for the third time why those riders with the thirteen minute gap half-way
into a 150 mile race aren't really winning, aren't going to win, and really
aren't trying to win? "But they're in the lead, right?" Um, whatever....

Bull riding, on the other hand, is easy to undertand: Junior rode the bull
for eight seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Bubba rode the bull for
ten seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Who won?

A) Junior
B) Bubba
C) The Bull
D) As long as I got to see someone get the [censored] kicked out of him, who cares?
E) How `bout another beer?

The answer? F) All of the above. Which is why, as a spectator sport, bull
riding will always be more popular here in the colonies.

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Why cycling will never be able to compete with Rodeo riding.

Face it....as a spectator sport, for the uninitiated, cycling is
inscrutable.
Ever watch a race with someone who knows nothing about cycling (and
Kuncich
doesn't count)? Ever notice how their eyes glaze over when you try to
explain
for the third time why those riders with the thirteen minute gap half-way
into a 150 mile race aren't really winning, aren't going to win, and
really
aren't trying to win? "But they're in the lead, right?" Um, whatever....

Bull riding, on the other hand, is easy to undertand: Junior rode the bull
for eight seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Bubba rode the bull
for
ten seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Who won?

A) Junior
B) Bubba
C) The Bull
D) As long as I got to see someone get the [censored] kicked out of him, who
cares?
E) How `bout another beer?

The answer? F) All of the above. Which is why, as a spectator sport, bull
riding will always be more popular here in the colonies.

If you looked at the entire post, I think you'll agree that there are more
important issues lurking beneath the surface.

Scott said:

Until someone produces TV coverage of back-to-back keirens or sprints
with LOT'S of crashes, over and over again, then we'll continue to be
the red-headed stepchild of the sports world TV coverage.

Cycling could go the route of NASCAR. Make them all ride with
powermeters and headset cams and pull up the telemetry on the screen.
We're -> <- this close to it now. Don't announce the course length or
profile until the riders are on the start line, like this year at
Paris-Nice. This is a brilliant idea, really it is. It's exactly the
shot in the ass that USAC needs.

B. Lafferty said:

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Why cycling will never be able to compete with Rodeo riding.

Face it....as a spectator sport, for the uninitiated, cycling is
inscrutable.
Ever watch a race with someone who knows nothing about cycling (and

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Kuncich
doesn't count)? Ever notice how their eyes glaze over when you try

to

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explain
for the third time why those riders with the thirteen minute gap

half-way

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into a 150 mile race aren't really winning, aren't going to win,

and

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really
aren't trying to win? "But they're in the lead, right?" Um,

whatever....

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Bull riding, on the other hand, is easy to undertand: Junior rode

the bull

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for eight seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Bubba rode

the bull

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for
ten seconds and got the [censored] kicked out of him. Who won?

A) Junior
B) Bubba
C) The Bull
D) As long as I got to see someone get the [censored] kicked out of him,

who

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cares?
E) How `bout another beer?

The answer? F) All of the above. Which is why, as a spectator

sport, bull

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riding will always be more popular here in the colonies.

If you looked at the entire post, I think you'll agree that there are

more

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important issues lurking beneath the surface.

Yeah like, are Bubba and Junior just brain damaged, or are they
Masochists who enjoy getting the [censored] kicked out of them?
My experience is quite a bit of both. Monday's after a rodeo weekend
were definitely casualty call days. The only thing that was certain is
that there was no way in hell everyone came back healthy. A couple of
units actually banned the Rodeo Club chapters their from competeing
because they couldn't afford to have so many people out of work.
The amazing thing would be at the country bar during the week, which
looked more like a hospital ward most of the time, they'd be betting
who was going to rodeo agin first.
Seriously crazy people, but fun to be around.
Bill C