The NTRA's Players Panel needs to address three things:

1. Drugs-the ones they give horses, not the ones that humans use.

2. Declining field size and quality due to over-racing. (remember, according to Richie Eng's article a few weeks ago, three new casinos have opened in Las Vegas this year and none of them have a racebook in them!)

3. Reducing takeout and reforming the tax code as it applies to gambling winnings. -Gamblers are treated worse under the current tax laws than gangsters and drug traffickers and no one seems to give a damn!

If they do and are able to motivate any meaningful change, then they will have served the community of players well. If they don't or aren't able to motivate change then nothing else matters.
I have expressed my concerns to this group and Jim Quinn has personally assured me that these issues will be squarely on the agenda of the Panel. I'll wait and see....