On the national rodeo circuit, competitors are traveling frantically during the Independence Day weekend when there's an abundance of higher paying rodeos. It's called Cowboy Christmas.

And when I write my columns for newspapers next week, I'll make over the big winners, the riders and ropers who pocket $25,000 or $30,000 at multiple rodeos. It's a rare time of the year to rapidly make bigger money.

But the Professional Bull Riders' athletes can be thankful for one reality: almost every week is a Cowboy Christmas.

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Hello again to the cowboy nation. This week I have good news and bad news.

First the bad news, we did not get an ESPY nomination this year, but by the time the decision makers started getting the word and all the input from the fans along with the packages we sent them and the letters some of you sent it was really down to a last minute deal.

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Today could be a big day for the PBR.

A huge day.

It's the day when Ty Murray is in Pittsburgh to appeal to sports editors of The Associated Press to grant more coverage to the Professional Bull Riders.

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It does my heart good to know that a big part of Ty Murray's recent success on "Dancing with the Stars" was based on fan appeal.

It's also heartwarming to know Murray will leverage his success on the hit ABC series by traveling to Pittsburgh on June 27 to appeal to sports editors of the Associated Press to grant more coverage to the Professional Bull Riders.

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You, the fan, made astute comments on last week's blog about how the PBR recognized that bull riding should be a stand alone sport and established what has become the world's premier circuit for the dangerous event.

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I want to thank everyone who sent letters off and I was also curious to know if any of you got responses back and, if so, what were they like? Were they just canned responses or did anybody get a decent reply back?

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When I recently talked with a mother of a well-known roping competitor about how great it is to watch the Professional Bull Riders thrive in today's western world, she gave me one big lecture.

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Hello to everyone in the cowboy nation,

I'm checking back in with you. I'm here at the ranch in Texas and we're having a great spring. Everything's going great with the cattle. I have all the cows and calves vaccinated and all worked this last week, and now I've just been helping the neighbors with getting their spring branding done.

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Ty Murray's recent success on the hit ABC series "Dancing with the Stars" will go down as one of the most remarkable efforts ever to raise the profile of pro bull riding.

Murray, who has a record seven world all-around titles, said over and over that the main reason he agreed to go on the show was the help raise the awareness of his sport.

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As I closed my Saturday blog a week ago, I made the following statement: "Bull riders conceivably in one weekend, at a Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series regular-season show, can earn the same amount of money that it takes to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo."

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