Ad Hoc Commitee reccos Excelsior

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If they take that deal then the whole Ad hock group should be brought up on charges. $250 million for the franchise? If I knew it was going to be THAT cheap I'd would have borrowed the $ from Dixie and bid myself!!

Who do you think Excelsior really is?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Who do you think Excelsior really is?

Spitzer's boy Fields and a couple of billionaires

[Revolution]

Let's see they could have awarded it to a corrupt group like NYRA who didn't even offer to pay the $100 million unless certain conditions were met, or they can give it to the guys with integrity who offered to pay $100 million with no conditions and pay for more than $50 million in pension debt owed by NYRA.

Under a complex scoring system, Excelsior scored 94.6 in areas that included integrity and responsibility, financial viability and details that included plans for renovations of tracks and how to improving the racing industry while attracting more bettors to tracks. Empire scored 93 and NYRA scored 76.5 points. Real close. LOL.


Jack Knowlton was on the committee. Good enough for me. Nobody cares more about NY racing than the guy who owns the only NY bred Kentucky Derby winner.

BYE BYE NYRA.

Originally Posted by Revolution

Let's see they could have awarded it to a corrupt group like NYRA who didn't even offer to pay the $100 million unless certain conditions were met, or they can give it to the guys with integrity who offered to pay $100 million with no conditions and pay for more than $50 million in pension debt owed by NYRA.

Under a complex scoring system, Excelsior scored 94.6 in areas that included integrity and responsibility, financial viability and details that included plans for renovations of tracks and how to improving the racing industry while attracting more bettors to tracks. Empire scored 93 and NYRA scored 76.5 points. Real close. LOL.


Jack Knowlton was on the committee. Good enough for me. Nobody cares more about NY racing than the guy who owns the only NY bred Kentucky Derby winner.

BYE BYE NYRA.

Dude he doesn't know as much about racing as 50% of the folks on this board. Hes a nice guy, yeah, but casting him as the patron saint of Ny racing is kinda over the top.

[philcski]

I'm sure the promise of a $100MM upfront had nothing to do with their selection.

Originally Posted by philcski

I'm sure the promise of a $100MM upfront had nothing to do with their selection.

Dude, this was a handpicked committee selected by folks who wanted to make sure NYRA didn't get the bid. That was basically the single biggest qualification to be placed on the committee, that teh members not support NYRA. Knowledge of the inner or obvious workings of the game was not a criteria in any way.

[Danzig]

so being part owner of a derby winner qualifies you to choose the best group to run new york racing?!