The Short Score: Days Before Equal Money
Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper talk about the days when equal money wasn't a thing for team roping at professional rodeos.

It wasn’t long ago when the team roping wasn’t a standard event at all professional rodeos and there dang sure wasn’t equal money. Icons like Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper played a part in getting the latter normalized. On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Barnes and Cooper talk about what team roping used to be like before there was equal money.

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