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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I'm a third generation Albertan, and I know people from many of Alberta's more famous ranching families ... Kessler, Doan, Cosgrave,Wade, Seaman, Daines, Glass, Rutledge, Strandquist, Blume and others. These are good people, and they're people who had a major hand in building this province. And they all have been involved in rodeo, whether as participants or stockmen. Rodeo is part of their history, and it's part of Alberta's history. I don't get why so many people are so strongly opposed to rodeo being Alberta's sport. It's part of our heritage and culture. To resent and dispute that is to resent and dispute Alberta. And if that's the case, Hwy 1 leads out of the province in both directions.
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Yes, yes, thats all fine and good, but the official sport should have prevalence, not be a historical footnote, niche sport for a few hundred people and be a side event for a 10 day party.
There's a reason the Canadian flag doesn't have the union jack anymore. Hey, Britain was a significant contributor to Canada, they founded the Dominion of Canada, the majority of our traditions come from there, and our head of state is the British monarch. But, that reflects a diminishing group, and the flag is probably the biggest symbol of that. So too is rodeo/agriculture to Alberta. Important in its day, but the day has passed.
Alberta's official sport should be Hockey, Curling or one of the Footballs. This is the equivalent to England stating its official sport to be horse racing or fox hunting because of past historical relevance, rather than the obvious cricket (the actual official one), rugby or football. Millions of Britons actually play the big 3... very few race or fox hunt.