Tim O'Connell's 2022 NFR preview followed a veteran bareback rider preparing for another ten-round championship. The archived account placed his return in the context of three world titles and an established record at the finals.
Garrett Shadbolt's 2022 NFR preview described a bareback season with both productive summer results and time away from competition. Despite that interruption, the archived report recorded that he had qualified to return to the Las Vegas finals.
Cole Fischer was added to the 2022 NFR bull riding field following a PRCA decision described in the archived announcement as an unusual circumstance. The notice said sixteen bull riders would be taken to that year's finals, with Fischer making his NFR debut.