Finley @ ESPN: Good times are over

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Originally Posted by tector

So, if government has abused its powers, your solution is more abuse.

Great.

My solution? I don't think that simply closing tracks will make horse racing business better. You tell me that horse racing will get killed in an open free market and then tell me that we should let the market dictate. That would seem to be a questionable theory for making racing better unless you are one of the people who mistakenly believe that racing can be killed off and then "fixed" and brought back to life.

The amount of content is a minor issue that could be more easily solved with better pricing rather than elimination. It doesn't matter how little racing there is if it isn't priced properly. Exchange wagering could be a huge boon for the business if properly implemented. The beauty of it is that cheap races and short fields will be as attractive in many ways as a evenly matched field. Because the take is obviously going to be much lower than what we are used to, the amount of content will be important.