Let's Face It: You Can't Torque-NYRA Anything...

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by jms62

Let me paraphrase. “Socialism is fine when it supports me or those that I am aligned with and can profit from”. How big a hammer you think CDI has with NBC in the fall during football season? Wow never thought I’d see FreddyMo morph into a BernieBro.

I think everyone is scrambling now to find a means of staying afloat. Competitive businesses can cooperate for the greater good, especially during bizarre times. Football season? I bet NBC is praying that happens at this point.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I think everyone is scrambling now to find a means of staying afloat. Competitive businesses can cooperate for the greater good, especially during bizarre times. Football season? I bet NBC is praying that happens at this point.

And I was hoping churches would be packed next Sunday... I am such a rube

[ScottJ]

The Paulick Report carried a recap of the executive branch conversation with several major sports organizations held on Saturday, April 4th. See this link.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...ums-by-august/

Tracks would need to reopen six to eight weeks before the Derby in order to give context to the Derby, Preakness, Belmont, and Travers debate. Based on the article, that is not the timeframe being discussed. Reading between the lines, we have just seen the first confirmation that Saratoga will be lost for 2020.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ScottJ

The Paulick Report carried a recap of the executive branch conversation with several major sports organizations held on Saturday, April 4th. See this link.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...ums-by-august/

Tracks would need to reopen six to eight weeks before the Derby in order to give context to the Derby, Preakness, Belmont, and Travers debate. Based on the article, that is not the timeframe being discussed. Reading between the lines, we have just seen the first confirmation that Saratoga will be lost for 2020.

If we don't have racing next month at some major venues, we better hope there's a game this time next year.

While the call yesterday between the president and the commissioners of major sports leagues was silly given there was no necessity to cover that topic now, there was a clear mention of the desire for spectator less sporting events to start soon. Racing is already taking place at 3 major tracks and there's no reason to think it can't resume spectator-less in (hopefully) 6 weeks or so. Otherwise I'm not sure how many owners we can hang onto as the economy worsens.