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Originally Posted by AskinHaskin
Again, how's that working out for you???
Hell, how's it working out for Hollywood Park ??
You forgot to mention when HANA effectively died?
Or that nearly every lowered takeout experiment has been something approximating a disaster both for the fools implementing it and for every simo outlet down the line that bothers to take the signal sent out by such fools.
When should we expect the HANA track ratings for 2021 ??
(or even 2019 ?)
We need some more Canterbury selections from the mighty HANA, to further underscore HANA's widespread influence (or at least some other means through which to measure any remaining pulse). Uh, remember when you told everybody in print that you predicted a roaring success for that Canterbury catastrophe?
If racing doesn't do something for the entire crowd, racing will die in due time.
Doing still more for some near-microscopic subset OF said crowd will merely widen the chasm between the sparse present-day racing public and the rest of the world which wants no part, precisely because of that chasm..
It's nearly 2022 - the old trends of some, but not all... are becoming obsolete (in case you hadn't heard).
Newcomers stumbling into Canterbury Park in 2022 would better respond to a small plastic bag just inside the gate containing the $4.73 they'll 'save' in lowered takeout to be offered immediately upon their plunking down the $10 admission than they would to lowered takeout. The people you want don't give a #&@* about lower takeout. Lower takeout is just a veiled effort to get something more for yourself at the direct expense of the entire racing industry.
People of that ilk have been racing's problem all along, and one need merely look back at pictures from NYC OTB's in 1972 while comparing to what passes for "crowds" at 2021 wagering venues to see the clear results of habitually giving a tiny sliver of the crowd what they want, at the full expense of everyone else involved.
Now what say you get to work on the 2029 Hana Track Ratings.
(at the rate you're going, maybe there will only be 15 tracks to worry about)
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NOBODY expects takeout to be lowered at the expense of the Industry. Optimal price points are crucial to getting the most revenue for Tracks and purses.
I guess you think of yourself as some Avenger maybe?
HANA did some good things. When you're ready to tell us what you've done to grow the game I'll be paying attention. Good luck
