I believe there is a difference between a handicapping method and a system which I believe is what you are really talking about. I basically agree that systems bought commercially will most likely not be profitable. Not to say that maybe some of the better ones might be helpful to some who are hopeless losers in that they will possibly develop some feel for the game and maybe cut down their losses to a more manageable degree. It might even lead them to pursue more knowledge on their own. A system is better than nothing for these folks.
Methods are something else IMO. We all have a method. We approach the game with our own methods either borrowed and we enhanced upon or learned by our own trial and error. We make a decisions based on that. Decision making is something a system player does really not do. He lacks that quick thinking, making changes to suit the particular racing situation or changes. He hasn't learned to do that yet. So for him a system can be beneficial.
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