Big Money On the Line For Team Ropers at Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup

Only seven days away from the prestigious, season ending event in Sioux Falls, SD. The Governor's Cup is going to really shake things up in the Professional Cowboys Rodeo Association's world standings with the massive payout.

Below is a look at how the Cinch Playoffs are structured:

Thursday and Friday- Rounds 1 & 2

$10,000
$7,500
$5,000
$2,500

Times from round one and two will be averaged and then the top eight teams will move on to a clean-slate round. The top four teams from that round will then move on to the final round on Saturday.

Saturday-Final Round

$25,000
$19,000
$12,000
$6,000

This incredible sum of money the athletes are able to win this close to the cut off for qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo is a huge game changer.

Below are the Headers that entered Sioux Falls as well as their current positions and earnings in the world standings just weeks away from the deadline for NFR qualifications.

Headers

Kaleb Driggers, 1st in the World, $160,185
Nelson Wyatt, 2nd in the Worlds, $145,083
Tyler Wade, 4th in the World, $133,436
Tanner Tomlinson, 6th in the World, $118,705
Derrick Begay, 8th in the World, $117,830
Coleman Procter, 10th in the World, $98,487
Marcus Theriot, 12th in the World, $92,283
Luke Brown, 13th in the World, $91,775
Clay Smith, 15th in the World, $88,098
Coy Rahlmann, 17th in the World, $87,352
Brenton Hall, 18th in the World, $86,680
Clint Summers, 21st in the World, $75,211

Summers entering the Cinch Playoffs in the last spot (almost $13,000 behind that 15th in the world position) is going to be interesting one to watch. He has been to the NFR twice in his career and you can bet he's not quitting any time soon on qualifying for a third.

Now here's a look at the heelers that entered:

Heelers

Junior Nogueria, 1st in the World, $160,185
Wesley Thorp, 2nd in the World, $150,663
Colter Todd, 4th in the World, $132,997
Patrick Smith, 7th in the World, $118,705
Logan Medlin, 9th in the World, $98,487
Hunter Koch, 10th in the World, $91,775
Jake Long, 11th in the World, $91,683
Jonathan Torres. 13th in the World, $91,159
Cole Curry, 14th in the World, $88,681
Paden Bray, 15th in the World, $88,581
Coleby Payne, 16th in the World, $83,163
Ross Ashford, 23rd in the World, $74,709

On the heeling side of the event there are some underdogs creeping up the ranks too. Ashford is over $13,000 behind that coveted 15th in the world spot.

It'll be interesting to watch the Governor's cup unfold and the numbers shaken up.