Well, this isn't good...

The recommended comments are telling...and frightening. People are overboard with the bleeding heart routine. Bring on the slacktivists.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

The recommended comments are telling...and frightening. People are overboard with the bleeding heart routine. Bring on the slacktivists.

Don't you think overboard is what is needed now? Tracks and horsemen refuse to change. They have had ample time. Instead, things are getting worse by the day. Slots money is the single worst thing to ever happen to the sport.

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Don't you think overboard is what is needed now? Tracks and horsemen refuse to change. They have had ample time. Instead, things are getting worse by the day. Slots money is the single worst thing to ever happen to the sport.

Yes but I believe overboard is what is needed with bigger issues in this country that the "free" press is too chicken s.hit to tackle.

How many times does the Gill incident need to be mentioned? If I were to do a search of the NYT website would articles critical of Goldman Sachs far outnumber criticism of horse racing?

Somehow I doubt it.

They want us to be mad over things that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Then when bad things happen on the micro level they hyper focus on it to keep us distracted from the big picture.

[The Bid]

what they need to do is fire Campo, Hayward, and the rest of those crooks. Establish some integrity in their product, then work their way down. lasix should be the last of their worries.

[PatCummings]

As I said in another thread...there is NOTHING in this latest story from the NYT that is new, none of it, and I also get the feeling that some of these quotes have been taken from other comments these people made in the past. The flowery prose is also particularly distasteful, aiming to sensationalize a story that is otherwise stale.

[slotdirt]

PatCummings hit the nail on the head. I know it was already brought up here, but when the best the NYT can do is bring up ancient Michael Gill stories, I'm not positive there's much of a "news" story there. Moreover, Gill had been causing trouble in the racing world long before PEN ever had a casino, so the tie between Gill's antics and slots, IMHO, is spurious at best.

[PatCummings]

HBO RealSports, E:60, different stories over YEARS led to this piece...it's just wildly unoriginal. The stories are important, sad, etc, etc...but none of it is new.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

As I said in another thread...there is NOTHING in this latest story from the NYT that is new, none of it, and I also get the feeling that some of these quotes have been taken from other comments these people made in the past. The flowery prose is also particularly distasteful, aiming to sensationalize a story that is otherwise stale.

It is stale for us that follow the game, but nothing has changed, so why not say it again? How many of those outlined in the article have been held accountable for abusing horses other than Gill?

[Calzone Lord]

Today's work from the NYT...I have no idea what the hell this writers point is.

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/201...to-be-learned/

I think it's supposed to be about how racings leadership can learn a lesson by the sustained populairty of the Derby.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Yes but I believe overboard is what is needed with bigger issues in this country that the "free" press is too chicken s.hit to tackle.

How many times does the Gill incident need to be mentioned? If I were to do a search of the NYT website would articles critical of Goldman Sachs far outnumber criticism of horse racing?

Somehow I doubt it.

They want us to be mad over things that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Then when bad things happen on the micro level they hyper focus on it to keep us distracted from the big picture.

The really big, and important stuff, is completely censored.