ADW allows the sport to reach out to people who want to enjoy playing the ponies, but simply have many other pulls on their time to spend counyless hours at the track and driving to and from.
Bottom line is racing is virtually a non-entity longer term without ADW. The issues with Tracknet and TVg will get settled soon and racing can eventually move ahead with innovative ideas from the ADW's, tracks, etc.
WE are all kidding ourselves if we think racing survives without ADW longer term. Society's demands on ones time mean ADW will be increasingly important over time.
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