Re: To the aptly named smalltimer.... (930 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: May 26, 2009 02:44PM
Smalltimer,
You miss the point about paying John's salary. I am not saying my wagering alone pays his salary. If gamblers stop betting, he won't get any money from the Moss's for training. Gamblers fund the pools that pay the bills that make the game run. Without us, there is no game. Period. THis is a business funded by its customers. I am a customer. If you bet, you are a customer.
"Gutless" is not an expletive. It is an adjective. Of course, it is a bit too much in this case, but this is a message board, not church. Occasionally exaggerating, for effect, to drive conversation and debate is OK. Shirreffs is doing neither the game nor the posterity of the mare's reputation any good with his approrach. If it is the owners doing this, then I am blaming the wrong guy. What she is doing in short fields on carpet is not dissimilar to the Globetrotters playing the Generals. If you want to "chastise" me by saying I just want to bet against her. Do you think I take offense to that? Back to point 1. Gamblers pay the bills in this game. Without us funding this game, there are no purses and now owners looking to buy horses for completely altruistic reasons. of course, I want to bet into interesting betting pools. I want to bet on or against Zenyatta in a competitive race, on dirt vs a Rachel or in the Gold Cup against the best carpet-running males. But not against the same 5 horse field again and again and again.