rich, excellent post. I'd just add that as a publicly held corporation, the CEO has a fiduciary duty to prevent problems like this from occuring. I believe this represents a failure that the board and the shareholders should not tolerate. I'm sure they lost enough money b/c of not being able to take wagers due to the (illegal) action on the part of the horseman's group. Having those losses worsen due to an inability to take bets on the one race they were allowed to take is just salt in the wound.
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