Iron Cowboy - Part 2

What parts of the Iron Cowboy should stay in place?

In my opinion, there are some aspects of the Iron Cowboy event that should continue in order to make the event successful.

This event needs to be held in Dallas, and specifically at Cowboys Stadium. That is part of what makes it a spectacle. This is a great area of the country for western lifestyle, while still being an area of growth for the sport. Houston and Dallas are huge markets with lots of money that the PBR needs to tap into. Reliant Stadium would be a good candidate to alternate with Cowboys Stadium if things get stale.

The Iron Cowboy needs to be an elimination type format. Not necessarily a head to head bracket, but the whole idea of the "Iron Cowboy" is that of a survival style event (this doesn't mean that you get to "survive" even though you fell off your bull. I have a couple of ideas to make this the case without seeing a string of buck-offs result in $260,000 being given out for a 4.4 second ride.

It needs to include an "invited" list of bull riders. It is for the best of the best only. I know that there are lots of PBR fans who want to see everyone included, but I think that the only way this event survives, is as an All-Star Game type of event.

Other than these, I am not sure if any of the rest of the event proved itself worthy of being repeated.

I will expand on ways to improve the rest of the event in my next blog post.

God Bless Cowboys.