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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Isn't there a better way to go about it?
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Yeah Calder and CDI should stop screwing the horsemen at every turn. Greedy bastards are making $$$ BECAUSE of the presence of horseracing and yet only a few years after getting the legislation that the horsemen helped fight for they want to nickle and dime horseman despite CDI making more money than ever. Now they want to threaten horseman who have the audacity to perhaps run their horse in a better spot across town because Calder can't work out a deal with GP?
Is this an ideal situation to shut off the signal? Of course not. However when you are dealing with CDI there is basically no other options as they have proven time after time that they prefer war with horsemen (See virtually every year in IL) and other tracks (Hawthorne/Gulfstream) because it feeds the corporate mentality that horseracing isnt worth the trouble and eventually they will use these instances of unrest as a basis to argue to politicians to escape being tied to racing.
Remember that the tracks ONLY treat us as "partners" when we need to provide something for them. They would have had nothing to sell without us and in the case of racino tracks in almost every occasion would not have been able to become wildly profitable with slots and other games if it weren't for horseracing.