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Originally Posted by pba1817
At what point do you stop getting in bed with the state and run your business privately?
Once you accept the handout, or reimbursements, or whatever you like to call them, you are now dealing with the devil.
Was NYRA and their tracks a privately owned business at any point? With no state involvement or funding? If so, why is the state involved now?
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State always had their hand in the various Associations pockets even pre-GNYRA (Greater New York Racing Association) when there were 4 separate entities. Albany has milked racing in this state endlessly and then added layers of patronage when afforded the opportunity in 1970 with the creation of the OTB system. At that point, by all rights, Albany began competing with NYRA and therein lies the source of all the problems the past 40 years.
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05-16-2012, 01:33 PM
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