8.03.2006

Cowboys can't run.


Sorry for the following.

Whoever thought up the concept of "freestyle bullfighting" is an idiot. I am envisioning someone eating a bowl of Fruity Pebbles in Dallas somewhere when suddenly the lightbulb flickers: "I know! We'll put a cowboy in athletic apparel from the neck down and then have a relatively tame bull with dulled horns run after him so the guy can do some cool spin moves and then jump over the animal for a finale!"

First, rodeo dudes look foolish in athletic shorts and tennies. Second, whoever decided to name the "moves" these guys execute like the "step-through" deserves to be locked in a Porta Potty with the person who took the time to think up the rules to this game in the first place. I am not impressed, even though the dudes look rather cool in their Dickies-sponsored athletic jersey with the lacrosse padding underneath.

BullRIDING is, alternatively, very worthy of praise. 8 seconds on one of those things is no joke. It is a truly formidable sport with danger, danger, danger. "Freestyle bullfighting", on the other hand, is a ridiculous concept thought up by the network television (thanks OLN) marketing folks who will likely bring us extreme cliff diving next season. 45 seconds of running around dodging a small, distracted bull and outwitting it with "spin moves" is a joke.