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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
 fair enough
 My main point = The ban was appropriate, in light of the public comments on social media.
No ifs, ands, or buts... We are in the 2020s, not the 1860s.
I see it more as an appropriate reaction, to an abjectly ugly situation, than I do as an act of 'virtue signalling'.
are there other, separate problems that affect the integrity of the sport? Yes. |
And one relevant (IMHO) seemingly-perennial phenomenon that I think may be next up for scrutiny: the group conversations old-timers have reminiscing about the good old days of tying up a race, buzzers, stiffing, etc. on and on, on various forms of media usually around Triple Crown/BC times. The reminiscing is fun to listen to, I'll freely admit. But as the years go on, it's getting a little hard to deny that there's a connection to the times then and now.
