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Originally Posted by freddymo
Funny how when Mo tells it like it is..Folks get awful quite. You want me to tell you I am not looking to steal next week at PID with a dog Pa Bred that I bought for 6k.. I can't and won't. I will tell you that it is the biggest waste of money that the industry continues to afford. Imagine Chuck a piece of crap Macho Uno that DrugS and I bought for 6k is going to be 4/5 for 44k.. And how does this help racing long term? The industry figures will take the 25k and reinvest it in 2 grooms jobs for a year? lol
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Yes Freddy. People are 'quite'... Quite exasperated. Quite exhausted. Quite confounded. Tough to respond to someone that is making points on both sides of the discussion as you seem to be doing.
The fundamental issue here is whether you accept that the tithe money from alternate gaming that goes to racing interests is justifiable or not. Many accept that racing is the grandfather and standard-setter for gambling in this country for more than a century. As such, and as an agri-business with renewable and sustainable resources that give it an edge on the casino industry, it is entitled to 'wet its' beak' off the other modern gaming options.
You don't agree based seemingly on moral principals and a somewhat strange view point based on the quality of the competition the revenue bolsters. Fine. I don't think casino games like Acey Duecy, Pagow Poker, Wheel of Fortune or the slots themselves and scratch off Lottery tickets constitute 'quality competition' or 'entertainment value' myself, but I don't begrudge those that partake.