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Originally Posted by thaskalos
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".
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So basically what your saying is, 2 wrongs make it right? Of course everyone is greedy, that problem is much bigger than horse racing and a conversation for another day.
If the tracks are going to eat themselves alive, then so be it. But no one should be put out of business because your unhappy. If your unhappy with the horsemen, don't play the races. If you don't like the service at a restaurant, you don't go back...
Think about the people that have nothing to do with the actual racing. The person who sells the programs, the food, the poor guy that's gonna clean the bathroom, the security, the cashiers. You guys wanna put all these people out of work so you can make a few more bucks on your exacta, makes you no better than the horsemen.
