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Originally Posted by Thunderball

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.

There are more rodeos in Alberta than just the Calgary Stampede. Pretty well every town in Alberta with a population greater than 1000 hosts an annual rodeo, and the number of participants number in the thousands, if not tens of thousands. And Alberta rodeo athletes are among the top in the world. I lived in Calgary for 20 years, and I understand how you would come to your conclusion based on an urban perspective. But there are other perspectives than just an urban perspective.