The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association has boomed to more than 9,000 contestant members who, each year, compete at nearly 700 rodeos nationwide and in Canada. The cowboy sport is Americana at its finest, and the love of this game is a cherished tradition handed down from one generation to the next.
Today we talk of Jake and Clay, and Speed and Rich. They're flat amazing and have helped take the team roping event to previously unimaginable new heights. As awesome as they are, it's important for us all to turn back the pages of rodeo's history books from time to time to remember where we came from.
I'm here to tell you about the guy who carried original Rodeo Cowboys Association Card No. 562 in his back pocket. Without strong influence from the likes of Charlie Maggini, who'll be inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs on July 16, the sport's evolutionary path would have been different.
