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Originally Posted by ELA

Chuck, I very much appreciate and respect your opinion. With that in mind, I think the issue here is a very global one. I don't view this as the prisoners writing new laws. I don't see that happening at all. If we view Sanan and Jackson as the "prisoners" in that analogy, is it because they chose Assmusen as a trainer? Cot Campbell and Barry Irwin because they utilize Todd Pletcher? I understand your point, I really do, however, Sanan wasn't taking this much criticism when he was with Baffert -- and didn't Baffert have a somewhat controversial positive test? Frankel? Lukas? Unfortunately, this cannot be black and white.

As far as the bloodstock business, in my opinion, this is where the inmates might be running the facility, or at least having a major say in what's going on. I might not have the intensity you do when we are talking about a trainer, but I might have the same intensity if we were talking about an owner. Thus, I can certainly understand your point.

Feeling joy is one thing -- but putting up your money is something else. Many people have skeletons in their closets. A man like Jackson or Sanan, just due to their stature, operations, business activities, etc., they are bound to be the subject of scrutiny.

Anyway, I think when it comes to rooting or feeling joy, it is going to be a case of to each their own. However, when it comes to the efforts of trying -- success or not -- to bring integrity to any aspect of the game; regardless of the person's choice of trainers, we need to look at the efforts. Are they sincere? Maybe this is just the beginning. I think a great deal remains to be seen.

Thanks for the comments. It allows me to look at things from a different perspective. That gives all of us a more well rounded and in-depth opinion and knowledge.

Eric

Eric
Great post. I might just clarify that I was not referring to Jackson and Sanan individually as the prisoners who wrote the laws but the people who these new rules were intended for who have found themselves on many of the committes and task forces that have been formed. There is no doubt that they were ripped off. There is no doubt that they have tried to do something positive. But a lot of the people in the room with them are foxes in the henhouses.
CS