Come to think of it- the only way people outside the sport are going to care/give a second look, would be if NYRA could somehow hook up with the kids/schools who would be directly affected by the infusion of cash that these machines are supposed to deliver. Then the plan becomes about helping children, which everyone cares about. As opposed to these whiney horseman complaing about the lack of money that the state is infusing into the sport. If you don't know the whole story, (I'm guessing many people in NY do not) they just think this is something that soley affects racing. Hopefully if more people outside the sport knew what the terminals really meant, they would be on Albany too trying to get the deal done.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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