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Bull Riders Only was a professional bull riding organization based in Denver, Colorado, United States. HistoryInspired by years of successful unsanctioned stand-alone bull riding events, businessman and former bull rider, Shaw P. Sullivan and investment banker Erick Dickson decided to create the very first organization dedicated exclusively to bull riding in the United States, Bull Riders Only, Inc. (BRO). They founded the organization in 1991, with the very first season happening that year.[1] BRO events attracted many of the top bull riders in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) with each one paying an entry fee to participate. Every year, BRO would expand the number of events it had, with the season concluding with a world finals event where a world champion was crowned. Throughout its history, BRO events were televised on the Prime Network[1], ESPN[2] and Fox Sports Networks.[3] The inaugural BRO world finals event for the 1991 season took place in Long Beach, California. The 1992 BRO world finals took place in Denver, Colorado.[4] The 1993 world finals took place once again in Long Beach, California.[5] The 1994 and 1995 world finals events took place again in Denver, Colorado.[4] The 1996 world finals took place in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4] Many bull riders who competed in Bull Riders Only were unhappy that Shaw Sullivan insisted that they sign contracts with terms they disapproved of. Among them, Sullivan deciding which sponsorship logos riders could wear and also picking which bulls each rider would get on. In 1992, twenty top bull riders from BRO and the PRCA formed the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) as its own separate tour as a way for them to decide how the bull riding competition was run.{{sfn|Peter|2005|pp=138–139}} By 1997, BRO was struggling financially as a result of the previous year’s world finals being the most expensive event the organization had ever produced, and also the fact that the bull riding market in the United States at the time could not support two professional tours. By the end of that season, BRO went out of business.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=History of Professional Bull Riders Inc. |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/professional-bull-riders-inc-history/ |website=FundingUniverse |publisher=www.fundinguniverse.com |accessdate=October 18, 2018 |language=en}} 2. ^{{Citation|last=San Pedro Bucking Bulls|title=Bull Riders Only - Bucking Bulls|date=July 2, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNZDvKpxLmE|access-date=October 22, 2018}} 3. ^{{Citation|last=San Pedro Bucking Bulls|title=NFR & Bull Riders Only|date=July 2, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Hgd6ANVSg|access-date=October 22, 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Best of Final Rounds |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYLjTVBc2oo&t=1s |website=Wrangler Bull Riders Only |accessdate=October 23, 2018 |date=14 January 2013}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/sports/2016/06/16/rodeo-column-brett-hoffman-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-topscored-rides-in-rodeo-history/92144116/|title=Rodeo Column: Brett Hoffman: A look back at some of the top-scored rides in rodeo history|work=San Angelo|access-date=October 22, 2018}} Sources{{refbegin}}
| last = Peter | first = Josh | title = Fried Twinkies, Buckle Bunnies, and Bull Riders: A Year Inside the Professional Bull Riders Tour | publisher = Rodale, Inc. | location = Colorado Springs, CO | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-1-59486-119-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RiPNPOrD87wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=fried+twinkies+buckle+bunnies&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBxcmFmJnXAhVmxFQKHV8wD5sQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=fried%20twinkies%20buckle%20bunnies&f=false |ref=harv}}{{Use American English|date=October 2018}}{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} Bull Riders Only |
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