Wooley gets it, I guess others don't

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Please enlighten us how millions of people losing millions of dollars in an idiot box helps horse racing.. Oh I guess you mean the inflated purses for a few years till the folks are broke and the state has to bail them out with welfare food stamps and free medical and legal fees. Horse racing thrived when it was one of the very few gambling options.. More gambling dollars spent on ancillary products can never be a good long term solution. Less dates, less horses and consequently less folks in the business is the answer..Its just a bitter pill to swallow but it is the long term I care about not some inflated overnight purse for chemists to get horses hopped up for..

The gambling genie is out of the bottle Frederich, and it's not my problem to put it back. Because the alternative gaming in lesser jurisdictions already exists and is syphoning horses from the major ovals, there needs to be some catch up played. I don't disagree with you on the dates concept and hard long term solutions, but better to apply the band-aid now and cure the disease after.

In NY, Albany's feet-dragging and malfeasance, and the conspiracy with the Lottery Division to foist the franchise away from the Association, has cost you and me and the rest of the taxpayers of the state hundreds of millions over the past 6-7 years. In addition, it has put NY in the same potential 'jackpot' that Maryland and Illinois found itself, and Kentucky is finding itself.