Complete Triple Crown set for NBC

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, which was my point. i think them getting into the nfl helped make what that sport is today. it was big growing up, but that sport is huuuge now. espn, sad to say, is a force in sports. can't help but think that if they got bigger into racing, racing would reap some dividends.

But they were in it. They used to be involved more and have been scaling back. We took a back seat to Little League baseball and hockey for awhile there. I once saw them air a spelling bee instead of an important horse race. What passes for sports on ESPN is dicey sometimes. Poker and pool shouldn't qualify. It doesn't mean they can't do a good job with racing. I just don't think they want to spend much time on it these days.