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05-05-2019, 07:51 PM
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What If "DQ-Gate" Saves Racing?
It has pushed the NBA and NHL playoffs out of the sports headlines, hasn't it?
Just a thought.
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05-05-2019, 08:05 PM
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had multiple people ask me about it at work today (only a small amount of people work on Sunday); they know I own horses. Sure I will get more questions tomorrow
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05-05-2019, 08:12 PM
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All the sports news shows will discuss it Monday.
Come Tuesday, it will be forgotten
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05-05-2019, 10:24 PM
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Nothing good that I’ve read or heard.
Save racing ? 
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05-05-2019, 10:58 PM
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A lot of casual fans are pretty upset if the social networks are any guide. It probably just sped up the downward trajectory.
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05-05-2019, 11:23 PM
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It's a controversy that will be out of the headlines on Tuesday, will get mentioned at the Preakness and Belmont, then again next Derby, and have no other long-term effect good or bad.
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05-05-2019, 11:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by castaway01
It's a controversy that will be out of the headlines on Tuesday, will get mentioned at the Preakness and Belmont, then again next Derby, and have no other long-term effect good or bad.
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Wrong, if West gets out of the horse racing game that he has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in.
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com...out-of-racing/
Last edited by SandyW; 05-05-2019 at 11:46 PM.
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05-06-2019, 06:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SandyW
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We are all going to miss them. Don’t let the door hit you in the behind on the way out. Sour grapes of the worse kind.
Allan
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05-06-2019, 06:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
It has pushed the NBA and NHL playoffs out of the sports headlines, hasn't it?
Just a thought.
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If two Triple Crown winners in a short time can't save the sport, then what can? In this day and age it seems to be all about the drama. Many like to watch, but not many would like to get themselves involved in it.
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05-06-2019, 07:08 AM
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I have no idea for Horse racing long term effects- I am enjoying the extended coverage beyond the norm. I hope team MS complains loudly AND shows up in Baltimore.
They were robbed. I will have a problem if they complain and don’t show up.
The NFL quality has declined through bad officiating and simply impossible rules to enforce consistently and with video proof displaying the errors on a weekly basis. I hate what it has done to the flow of the game, gave up season tickets in part because of it. However, that league has increased popularity because in some way people enjoy the controversy and resulting debate over the natural imperfections of sports.
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05-06-2019, 08:02 AM
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Save racing? This will only ruin it further.
Horse players already know that DQ’s are part of the game, but the problem is that the sport has severe difficulties in attracting new people. So how are new people going to be attracted to a sport where only negative publicity eminates? Answer: new people will stay away from it.
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05-06-2019, 08:22 AM
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Remember when Dan Quayle ended up getting to do that Lays Potato Chip commercial in the wake of his having added an "e" at the end of "potato"?
Think of the possibilities here: A Dairy Queen commercial featuring the three stewards at Churchill Downs being asked: "Stewards at Churchill Downs - did you DQ today?"
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05-06-2019, 08:23 AM
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West stated this morning that they are NOT going to Baltimore for the Preakness.
Have stated before that this IS NOT about racing fatalities it IS about the fans not knowing what a foul is and what is not a foul given the decisions by the stewards and the inconsistencies of their decisions and what makes it worse is that it is just not a state to state thing but race to race. If it is a foul then it is a foul whether a $5,000 claimer or the Derby and to not do that smacks of favoritism or special treatment for trainers or owners. The perception of being Dirty or Fixed ranks right up there with the fatality issue when it comes to the demise of the sport.
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05-06-2019, 08:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
All the sports news shows will discuss it Monday.
Come Tuesday, it will be forgotten
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You were off by one day. I just had the "Get Up" show on and watch the lead in to their program. Almost all NBA and something about the (NY) Giants.
OK, now 15 minutes into the show, they are discussing it.
Last edited by Valuist; 05-06-2019 at 08:45 AM.
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05-06-2019, 08:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zman179
Save racing? This will only ruin it further.
Horse players already know that DQ’s are part of the game, but the problem is that the sport has severe difficulties in attracting new people. So how are new people going to be attracted to a sport where only negative publicity eminates? Answer: new people will stay away from it.
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True. A large chunk of the wagering pool comes from social security checks. Who is going to replace them when they are gone?
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