Love the horse, but that trainer's irritating

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This was an opinion piece/column. It is the price that you pay when your sport gets publicity. When you have an individual with a past like Dutrow and with his mannerisms can you really complain about what guys like this write? Other sports get it much worse on a regular basis. If we want to be considered as a news worthy sport we have to remember that most news that is reported is negative and as such reporters and columnists will write much more about knocking things than writing positive, 'puff pieces'.

Chuck, I completely get that, and I don't have a problem with it. Dutrow's a target, and for many reasons he should be. For others perhaps not. Regardless, if we want to make this look better, what do we do -- compare it to something worse? LOL.

Report on Dutrow's positives, how the rules must be changed, zero tolerence, uniform medication rules, and so on -- all the things we really need in this game.

Winstrol? Dovetail it with Dutrow's attitude, way of sitting, speaking, and the fact that you don't "like him"? I think we see the type of journalism this is.

Eric

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ELA

Chuck, I completely get that, and I don't have a problem with it. Dutrow's a target, and for many reasons he should be. For others perhaps not. Regardless, if we want to make this look better, what do we do -- compare it to something worse? LOL.

Report on Dutrow's positives, how the rules must be changed, zero tolerence, uniform medication rules, and so on -- all the things we really need in this game.

Winstrol? Dovetail it with Dutrow's attitude, way of sitting, speaking, and the fact that you don't "like him"? I think we see the type of journalism this is.
Eric

Yes, typical 2008 style journalism. For some reason this sport and people in it are somehow always worried about it's image. It really doesnt matter as long as people are talking about you. Not to mention that having a villan makes a story much more interesting. It's like the yankees or Dallas Cowboys. They have lots of fans but there are more that simply root against them.

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yes, typical 2008 style journalism. For some reason this sport and people in it are somehow always worried about it's image. It really doesnt matter as long as people are talking about you. Not to mention that having a villan makes a story much more interesting. It's like the yankees or Dallas Cowboys. They have lots of fans but there are more that simply root against them.

There is plenty to worry about vis a vis image, we all know that. It's a circular blame game, and at one point in the circle, the media is part of the problem.

Eric

[Danzig]

really, if the media wanted to give dutrow a hard time, they could write up what is known, rather than an opinion about someone calling others 'babe'. i'd stomach the truth a lot better than softball bs like calling him a rogue.
it doesn't bother me if dutrow has good posture, bad hygiene, bad manners or halitosis. what bothers me is the blatant cheating, followed by blatant disregard of the terms of suspension-that shows more his disrespect of the sport than how he leans on a fence.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ELA

Winstrol? Dovetail it with Dutrow's attitude, way of sitting, speaking, and the fact that you don't "like him"? I think we see the type of journalism this is.

I was tempted to do a similar story until I learned that Dutrow is a 10th grade dropout. Us 10th Grade flunk-out's need to stick together .. so this was the result.

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...0391/-1/SPORTS