UPRA Study Guide PDF

1. Walk Up Replacement policy – The UPRA and/or a representative may replace TO’s, DR’s, VIR’s, and DOs prior to each performance. The secretary shall check NextGen for list of contestants turned out of performance of said rodeo. Contestants who desire to compete as an alternate must check in...

1. Walk Up Replacement policy – The UPRA and/or a representative may replace TO’s, DR’s, VIR’s, and DOs prior to each performance. The secretary shall check NextGen for list of contestants turned out of performance of said rodeo. Contestants who desire to compete as an alternate must check in physically with rodeo secretary no later than 2 hours prior to the performance. The rodeo stock contractor may cancel the replacement option if no member has requested replacement within 2 hours of performance. If more than one (1) position is being replaced within a performance, the order of each replacement will be determined by random draw. A current member that did not enter the rodeo may request to compete as an alternate if they are in good standing. Members that did not enter the rodeo will be placed at the bottom of the list of alternates eligible to compete. It is the responsibility of the contestant to check in, and pay fees with the rodeo secretary no later than hours prior to the performance they wish to compete in. All fines must be cleared before a member is allowed to be placed on the alternate list. A. Walk Up Replacement is for performance only, there is no walk-up replacement in the slack option. There cannot be any additional positions created to accommodate a contestant, walk-up replacement is strictly for the TO’s, DR’s, VIR’s, and DO’s spots. B. Walk Up Replacement MUST be listed as an option in the ground rules of rodeo information as listed at official publication of UPRA. www.urodeo.com C. There will be an additional fee of $20 in addition to the regular posted event fees. Ten dollars ($10) will go to the rodeo stock contractor and ten dollars ($10) will go to the rodeo secretary. D. The walk-up replacement contestant will be placed in the same position as the TO’s, DR’s, VIR’s, and Do’s had in position draw with exception of the barrel racing event, walk up replacement will be placed last on ground. E. A contestant must be placed into performance by the rodeo secretary through the NextGen entry, otherwise contestant points will not count toward official event standings. Anyone abusing the walk-up replacement policy to gain favor may be disqualified