Farewell to The Ohio Derby

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Honestly if the state wants the race to run, THEY should fund it instead of running over the top of contractual agreements. Running it under these circumstances is a waste of time and money. I realize that the 5 cards eliminated will be crap racing but it is a not a good thing to have a govt agency tell private businesses how to spend its money. Pass the damn slots (with the pruses getting a reasonable amount), give your states racing business a chance to compete against surrounding slot tracks (except naturally the bluegrass state) and you wont have to worry about cancelling the freakin Ohio Derby. And while you are at it either further fund the recruiting slush fund for Tressel or stop playing USC.

While I agree with you about government agency getting involved with private business... they already passed slots in Ohio (July 15th, shortly after the state of Kentucky whiffed as normal on their chance) and my guess is this action was tied into that bill somehow.