You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.
I really didn't go that hard, although a couple of years I did. Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. they're just goin' all the time.
Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?
And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.
Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself.
My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.