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Originally Posted by docicu3
Let's see....
When I was a wee lad single digit baseball fan I asked my father if he thought the World Series would ever be played at night. He replied...."That's one of the lamest ideas I have ever heard son. Why would you take a game born in sunshine and play it under street lights? Nobody will watch...."
How did that one work out?
You may never see a day game played in the world series ever again....TV dictates starting time.
If you want to grow your sport on TV you hold the biggest events at night. Super Bowl starts in the early evening, basketball, hockey or anything that used to be an afternoon event of significance that can be played at night, is played at night. The Derby at night is not that much of a stretch.....
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i'm not saying its a terrible thing. i think its not going to change much. you can ask someone that knows nothing about racing, but they know the "derby". its springtime, its a party........its tradition. this web site is called DERBY trail for crying out loud. make the breeders cup friday night and the oaks friday night. we already know about those too, but it shows the rest of the people that there are OTHER big races and it makes it better for people that ARE ALREADY interested but at work. the derby is on saturday, its talked about for weeks and weeks, even granny thats never made a bet in her life knows about it. changing the time won't make a big difference.