Johnny V: Innocent victim of Maragh payback?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by pointman

This makes sense, the guy feels that another jock endangered his life but he should keep his mouth shut to prevent the public from having a bad image of the game? Just sweep it under the rug, great solution!

That's why this fake outrage is so funny. The public? We're lucky if the public knows the name of the winner of the race.

People, if they even hear about this, aren't going to change their mind about the sport because of this. And it's not like we're going to lose any potential new fans or bettors because of it.

On the flip side, Hollywood Park let a horse run and eventually win a race the other day that he wasn't eligible for. That thread has gotten zero responses. I'd say something like that is far worse towards the public perception of the sport than something like this.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

On the flip side, Hollywood Park let a horse run and eventually win a race the other day that he wasn't eligible for. That thread has gotten zero responses. I'd say something like that is far worse towards the public perception of the sport than something like this.

See, you have to gamble to care about that. You know, do the thing that keeps this very game going. However, the majority of the image conscious blowhards don't do any of that crazy thing called betting.

Johnny should be drug tested for that comment and all of you should as well for defending him.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

That's why this fake outrage is so funny. The public? We're lucky if the public knows the name of the winner of the race.

People, if they even hear about this, aren't going to change their mind about the sport because of this. And it's not like we're going to lose any potential new fans or bettors because of it.

On the flip side, Hollywood Park let a horse run and eventually win a race the other day that he wasn't eligible for. That thread has gotten zero responses. I'd say something like that is far worse towards the public perception of the sport than something like this.

Very true. I have to look back as I know that I bet on that race and you are 100% right, it is amazing that there is not incredible outrage over that incident. How could the Hollywood Park officials miss that? The real outrage is that anyone who bet that race that ripped up their tickets were cheated, yet it is not as if Hollywood will refund the money. Nothing can damage the sport more then cheating which is perceptively sanctioned.That is a real issue, a true theft.

Yet, this knucklehead thinks we should be outraged by a guy publically stating, justifiably, that he believes someone put his life in danger. Incredible!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by pointman

Yet, this knucklehead thinks we should be outraged by a guy publically stating, justifiably, that he believes someone put his life in danger. Incredible!

Yeah, except that's not what I said, was it?