Re: Teflon Todd (801 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: January 03, 2007 02:56PM
SC-- Excellent post. I would add that there has to be accountability at the top level, as well-- racetrack operators need to sign off on what's being done with testing at their tracks, and if it turns out they are not doing proper testing and enforcement, if positives are being buried or samples thrown away, heads should roll. As in, lawsuits.
There are rumblings not just here but other places as well. This will be an interesting year.
Hypothetically, let's look at the dynamics of a boycott of a particular track. Horseplayers as a group lose money, and the money they lose is the lifeblood of the industry-- it pays for purses, executive's salaries, etc. This means that if there is a boycott, horseplayers can hold out forever-- the longer they don't bet as a group, the more money they save. The track, on the other hand, can not exist without the bettors. So if a group of big bettors-- and hypothetically, high end data suppliers-- decided to do this, the track would eventually have to cave in.
Food for thought.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/2007 05:21PM by TGJB.