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Originally Posted by dirty moose
Listen to you wanting to play god. You wanna put all these people out of work and make them start fresh. Who the **** do you think you are? Think twice before you open your big mouth. Think about all the people you wanna put out of work, I'm sure that will help all of us....
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Nobody is "playing God"...and nobody is putting anybody out of work. We may SAY "horse racing
industry"...but there is no unified "industry" running this game. The game is made up of various independent entities...who are all looking out only for themselves. The pie is getting smaller, and there isn't enough of it to go around...THAT'S what's putting these people out of work.
Look at the game as it's played all around you, and ask yourself if the trainers give a shit about the horseplayer...as they parade these 5-horse fields to post in race after race. The trainers love the short fields because they increase the chances of collecting a sizable purse, and they stick to them...even though the horseplayers hate them. It's nothing but greed. But guess what...the HORSEPLAYERS are allowed to be greedy too. And we want LARGE MUTUEL POOLS...because these pools serve our OWN selfish needs. And if the only way to get these large mutuel pools is to close down certain tracks...well, so be it.
The horsemen don't care about us...so, it should be okay for us to repay the favor. Like the man said..."never underestimate the OTHER GUY'S greed".
