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Originally Posted by tector
I see that it remains neck and neck as to which sport has been more destroyed by its leadership (or, the lack thereof): horse racing or boxing. Both had great traditions and a prominent place in the American sport consciousness, but they have both been completely marginalized over the past couple of generations.
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While there is plenty correct about laying aspects of the struggles of boxing and racing at the feet of their respective leadership(s), there is something far more basic at the heart of the erosion of their 'prominent place in the American sport consciousness'. The fundamental societal differences and changes in post WWII America have more to do with boxing and racing losing their position than mismanagement.
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