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Originally Posted by ELA
You know what? I guess it is that simple then and you have it all figured out. What's up next? Eliminating the deficit and balancing the budget for the United States? non horse related--no comment
Based upon your NYRA analysis here, I figure you should have country's problems solved by sometime on Sunday. non horse related--no comment
"Agenda" may not be the right word. However, being that you completely ignore all other aspects of this complex situation -- other than NYRA, and you've made your feelings very clear on that one single component -- I am sure you can understand why some might say you have an "agenda". I havent ignored the other aspects, I have selected what has been currently presented--the NYRA Bankruptcy Disclosure Statement
Eric
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I am only pointing out what seems to be part of the problem that needs to be addressed to make NY racing both survive and maintain its status as one of the best places to race.
We had what turned out to be a Franchise bidding fiasco that was dragged on by lies, politics, Albany, or whatever people want to blame. It still hasnt been settled and in less than a month fans/bettors, employees, and horsemen still dont know whats going on.
NY has had slots approved years ago and still hasnt reaped any benifit from them, if there is to be a benefit(see Gulfstream fiasco)
I thought forum boards, in this case a horse racing forum, were supposed to be about the industry. We post ideas, complaints, compliments, etc.
Part of the NY racing future is who is best suited to run it. Based on what all of the parties have shown me, including NYRA, I dont think anyone is "ideally" qualified. Whether it be financially, or as in the case of some of the reports I read earlier in the process of selecting the franchisee, morally competent.
But somebody has to run it.
When I saw the financials some things stood out to me as not looking good. The slots projections for one(way too big an increase in projected machine wins), and the Operating expenses for another. Do you really think it takes $138M to run a race track that for 6.5 months is at Aqueduct where 2,000 to 3,000 show up? There must be some very nice salaries at NYRA based on those numbers.
Just curious, if not the financials, what should, if anything, be discussed about the situation?