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Old 05-22-2010, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by parsixfarms View Post
Absolutely, cash flow is hurt when NYCOTB doesn't pay, but speaking to people whose living is in the racing industry, this problem is partly NYRA's doing, as it has been very late to the belt-tightening table. It eliminated 12 positions only this past spring, and it still has executives on the payroll whose value (v. salary) is questioned on the backstretch. It could have eliminated the detention barn and closed training at Aqueduct and saved about $600K per month according to public reports, and it chose not to.
So they would be $14 million short?
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