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Originally Posted by Danzig
has baseball?
how many bettors say they take the trainer into consideration, and wager accordingly?
did the sport die after dancer's image? or more recently, after eight belles when suddenly steroids were all the rage?
besides, if you keep the die hards, how would the sport die? the once a year or novice cappers aren't the ones fueling the purses.
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No, but people don't bet baseball. It seems like people only care about stats.
Dancers Image was a generation ago and as sad as the Eight Bells tradgedy, it didn't affect wagering and payouts. Do you think that there would be no fallout from some of betting public reguarding a possible DQ after the fact?
You are right about the die hards. But I do think it would hurt as far as broadening the fan base.
I asked one of my friends the question. He's a gambler and plays the races once in a while. Unfortunatley the answer I got was, he will continue to play, because he's already on the assumption that the game is rigged anyway. Not exactly a ringing endorsment for the sport.
I guess some people might look at it as I looked at Jai Alai. I thought it was rigged, but I still enjoyed going. There was always a chance that I could be on the right side of the rig. Overall there is nothing good that would come out of a positive test resulting in a DQ of the Kentucky Derby winner.