Rule Changes

 

SECTION 2 Composition

A. The Board of Directors shall consist of 18 members.

1. Eleven Contesting Directors and Vice President with a vote: Bareback Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, Calf Roping, Incentive Calf Roping, Steer Wrestling, Team Roping, Incentive Team Roping, Barrel Racing, Incentive Barrel Racing, and Breakaway Roping.

2. Two (2) Stock Contractor Directors with a vote, based on those stock contractors attending any board meeting. The stock contractors will determine among themselves prior to start of the meeting who will vote on behalf of the stock contractors.

3. The President, State Secretary, Central Entry Secretary, Judges Coordinator, all nonvoting

positions. The President will have a vote on the NMRA Board to break voting ties on issues of the voting directors.

 

a. Calf Roping/Incentive Calf Roping – 35 seconds

                b. Breakaway Roping – 35 seconds

                c. Steer Wrestling – 30 seconds

                d. Team Roping/Incentive Team Roping – 30 seconds

                e. Barrel Racing/Incentive Barrel Racing – 60 seconds

 

10. Producers must pay the timers.

 

12. Any Committee adding $500 or more to each event may set their entry fees within reason (not less than $60 per event and $120 in the team roping) and with the approval of the NMRA Board of Directors. Saddle Bronc riding $65.

 

15. The NMRA will provide a qualified Arena Secretary and will pay for one approved judge for each rodeo. The Stock Contractor must pay for the additional approved Judge for the rodeo.

 

3. If there are no qualified times in the Incentive Calf Roping or Incentive Team Roping events, all of the money goes into the Open Calf Roping or the Open Tem Roping. If there are no qualified times in the Open Calf Roping or Open Team Roping, the winners of the Incentive Calf Roping and Incentive Team Roping will also win the Open money.

 

a.Central entry times shall be the Monday prior to an evens as follows unless otherwise advertised:

Rough Stock: 4 pm – 9 pm      Timed events: 5 pm – 9 pm

b. If a rough stock contestant enters during the rough stock entry times he shall be allowed to enter himself in the timed event he competes in. If he enters the team roping/incentive team roping, he is only allowed to enter the individual teams he is actually roping in.

c. A rough stock contestant can also enter his wife for her events during entry times.

 

7.  Dress code goes in effect 30 minutes prior to the Grand Entry. Any infraction is enforceable by the rodeo judges and subject to a $25.00 fine.

 

C. Grand Entry

1. The Board of Directors reserves the right to institute fines for not participating in the Grand Entry at

any NMRA Rodeo.

2.  All members are encouraged to participate in the Grand Entry and fines can be imposed at the discretion of the event directors or judges.

 

3. If there are no qualified rides or times, ground money will be paid to contestants who actually competed in that event (not including added money). All added money will be returned to the rodeo committee to distribute as they see fit.

 

 

 

G. ORDER OF EVENTS

1. The stock contractor and committee have the right to arrange the order of events as needed to fit individual rodeo needs as long as the Barrel Race/Incentive Barrel Race is after the steer wrestling.

2.  If the order of events is changed and a section of bull riding is moved to the beginning of the rodeo

bull riders who were not previously notified cannot be turned out.

 

H. ALL AROUND CHAMPION(S)

1. The All Around Champion(s) is to be determined first by the individual who enters two or more events, and wins the most money. Second, the individual who enters two or more events, competes, and wins the most total money. Third, the individual who wins the most money at the rodeo. These All Around rules are to be followed for All Around Awards of the NMRA and at all sanctioned events.

2. Should a committee desire to give All Around Award(s) and not use the above criteria, they must have a copy of their award calculation criteria turned into the field secretary prior to the start of the first performance. The field secretary must post the committee’s criteria prior to the beginning of the first performance in order for their All Around Award criteria to be used.

3. A contestant can only count their highest single monetary placing if they are entered in the open and incentive division of an event. Team roping and incentive team roping will count as one event. Calf roping and incentive calf roping will count as one event. Barrel racing and incentive barrel racing will count as one event.

 

B. Timers

1. NMRA requires two experienced and qualified timers who must read and sign the Timers

Guidelines provided by the Arena Secretary.

2. Two official timers must be used at every rodeo. Before the first performance, one timer will be declared PRIMARY and the other will be declared SECONDARY. The official time will be recorded from the PRIMARY watch and the SECONDARY watch will only be used when the PRIMARY timer misses the start or stop, or is delayed in starting or stopping the watch, or if the PRIMARY watch malfunctions. The PRIMARY timer shall declare the problem to the SECONDARY timer and the SECONDARY timer’s time will be used as the official time.

 

4. Timers must be 18 years of age

 

e. The Stock contractor can use the same calves for the Calf Roping, Incentive Calf Roping and Breakaway Roping provided they furnish one calf for each tie-down roper entered, then bring the calves back to the Breakaway Roping.

 

2. A rodeo judge shall not compete in any event at a rodeo he/she is judging.

 

H. Pay-offs per event

BAREBACK PAYOFF

$0 - $399 2 monies               60% 40%

$399-$750               3 monies               44% 33% 23%

$751-$1500              4 monies                40% 30% 20% 10%

$1501-$3000           5 monies               29% 24% 19% 14% 9%

$3001 and Over    6 monies 27% 22% 18% 13% 10% 5%

 

SADDLE BRONC PAYOFF

Entries

1 – 5                        1 money                100%     

6 – 10                      2 monies               60% 40%

11 – 15                    3 monies               44% 33% 23%

16 – 20                    4 monies               40% 30% 20% 10%

21 – 30                    5 monies               30% 25% 20% 15% 10%

31 & Over              6 monies               29% 24% 19% 14% 9% 5%

 

 

BULL RIDING PAYOFF

$0 - $350 1 money                100%

$351-$650                3 monies               44% 33% 23%

$651-$1100              4 monies               40% 30% 20% 10%

$1101-$1700            6 monies                32% 25% 18% 12% 8% 5%

$1701-$3000            8 monies                28% 23% 17% 11% 8% 6% 4% 3%

$3001-OVER          10 monies              24% 20% 15% 11% 9% 7% 5% 4% 3% 2%

 

CALF ROPING PAYOFF

$0 - $375                  2 monies                60% 40%

$376-$750               3 monies               44% 33% 23%

$751-$1500             4 monies                40% 30% 20% 10%

$1501-$4000           6 monies               29% 24% 19% 14% 9% 5%

$4001-OVER          8 monies                27% 22% 18% 13% 10% 5% 3% 2%

 

INCENTIVE CALF ROPING PAYOFF

1-5 Contestants                    1 money                 100%

6-10 Contestants                  2 monies                60%  40%

11-15 Contestants                3 monies                44%  33%  23%

16-20 Contestants                4 monies                40%  30%  20%  10%

21-30 Contestants                6 monies                29%  24%  19%  14%  9%  5%

31 & Over                              8 monies                27%  22%  18%  13%  10%  5%  3%  2%

 

BREAKAWAY PAYOFF

$0 - $150                                 1 money                 100%

$151-$375                               2 monies                 60% 40%

$376-$750                               3 monies                44% 33% 23%

$751 - $1500                           4 monies                40% 30% 20% 10%

$1501 - $4000                         6 monies                29% 24% 19% 14% 9% 5%

$4001 & Over                        8 monies                27% 22% 18% 13% 10% 5% 3% 2%

 

STEERWRESTLING PAYOFF

1-5 contestants                     1 money                 100%

6-10 contestants                   2 monies                60% 40%

11-15 contestants                 3 monies                44% 33% 23%

16-20 contestants                 4 monies                40% 30% 20% 10%

21-30 contestants                 6 monies                29% 24% 19% 14% 9% 5%

31 and over                           8 monies                27% 22% 18% 13% 10% 5% 3% 2%

 

 

TEAM ROPING, INCENTIVE TEAM ROPING PAYOFF

$0 - $1000               1 money                 100%

$1001-$2000           2 monies                60% 40%

$2001-$3000           3 monies                44% 33% 23%

$3001-$4000           4 monies                40% 30% 20% 10%

$4001-$5000           5 monies                36% 24% 19% 14% 7%

$5001-$8000           6 monies                29% 24% 19% 14% 9% 5%

$8001-OVER          8 monies                27% 22% 18% 13% 10% 5% 3% 2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-D and 2-D Barrel Race Payoff

Up to $200             1 money                 100%

$201-$400               2 monies               60%  40%

$401-$750               3 monies                50%  30%  20%

$751-$1500             4 monies                40%  30%  20%  10%

$1501-$2500           5 monies                34%  27%  20%  13%  6%

$2501-3500             6 monies                29%  24%  29%  14%  9%  5%

$3501-8000             8 monies                23%  20%  17%  14%  11%  8%  5%  2%

$8001 and Up     10 monies 21%  19%  16%  14%  11%  8%  5%  3%  2%  1%

 

 

11. Leather latigo must be used on all saddle bronc saddles

                a. if leather latigo is not used, the first offense is a ‘warning’

                b. second offense, contestant is not allowed to get on saddle bronc horse.

 

12. Leather latigo must be used on bareback riggings.

                a. if leather latigo is not used, the first offense is a warning.

                b. second offense, the contestant is not allowed to get on bareback horse.

 

 

11. Incentive Calf Roping

a. Director may set handicaps according to the system of his choosing and with Board

approval

1. Incentive calf roper is identified as a USCRA #2 or less. If a roper does not have a USCRA card incentive status is up to the discretion of the Incentive Calf Roping Committee. The committee is the open calf roping director, incentive calf roping director and one man appointed by the incentive calf roping director.

b. A valid NMRA membership, a pre-approved application and $25 fee must be on file in the State

office one week prior to competition.

c. Any roper earning more than $600 in the open calf roping may lose incentive status.

d. The year-end incentive champion will rope in the open calf roping for the following year (one year).

 

26. A steer’s horns shall be a minimum of 8 inches from the base to tip around the outside curvature of the horn.

27. No clown act or any other acts that damages the arena dirt is allowed prior to the steer wrestling event, or the arena must be officially dragged.

28. There will be a 30 second time limit on all steer wrestling runs.

29. No steer wrestling cattle can be used for chute doggin’.

30. Any sub-leased cattle for the Steer Wrestling event must be approved by the Steer Wrestling Director at least one week prior to the rodeo, or the primary stock contractor will be fined $10. 00/head ran on the first offense and $25.00/head ran on the second or more offences for each rodeo season. Steer Wrestling Director will provide contractors a list of approved cattle upon request.

 

24. Incentive Barrel Race

                a. This event shall be ‘within’ the Open Barrel Racing

b. The Incentive placing will be determined by a .7 second split from the overall fast time, which is also the Open winning time.

c. You may enter only one time per rodeo

d. 60% of total purse will go to open barrel race, 40% into the incentive payoff

e. All added money will go to the open payoff

f. The Finals will be run identical to how the entire rodeo season has been run.

 

b. Whenever possible, a maximum of (14) runners shall be allowed per performance.

Drag will be used after seven (7) actual runs, regardless of turnouts. No ground rules shall supercede.

 

 

Incentive payoff in the event of an average rodeo: Incentive average should be .7 X # of runs. Example: Open 1st run – 15.0; 2nd run 15.0; Average 30.0 Sec.

Incentive 1st run – 15.7; 2nd run – 15.7; Average 31.4

 

 

7. Dress Code. Contestant must wear cowboy hat, boots and a long-sleeved shirt in the

arena. The dress code goes into effect one half hour before the Grand Entry. A $25 fine shall be assessed per article of clothing not present.

 

Judges Pay Per Rodeo

 

For each Rodeo Performance:   $100 (One hundred dollars)

 

Slack Pay off:

 

1 to 10 runs                           $25.00 (Twenty-five dollars)

11 to 30 runs                         $50.00 (Fifty dollars)

31 to 55 runs                         $75.00 (Seventy-five dollars)

56 to 76 runs                         $100.00 (One hundred dollars)

77 to 125 runs                       $125.00 (One hundred twenty-five dollars)

126 or more runs                   $150.00 (One hundred fifty dollars)