Rachel Alexandra (116 Beyer for Haskell)

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

There is nothing untrue in what you say. The simple fact remains that in its current structure it is a terrible television event so the idea that the BC is going to draw in new fans is unrealistic. You can't have less than 4 minutes of action an hour and keep casual fans watching.

That's why they have to take other opportunites to drag them in. The BC is a tough platform to sell to would be fans because of the all day format not to mention the two words College Football. If they are able to get/have the fans before the BC then those people might be a bit captivavted, or to watch a horse that they might have seen in a well promoted race during the summer.
Then maybe NTRA/BC could buy some air time on other networks to remind people and advertise the upcoming stars in the next race that will be going off in about 10 or so minutes. ABC could have some sort of crawl with updates reguarding post times and prices. At least you might get a few people that will be reminded and flip over to watch a race or two and not have to watch the endless garbage that goes into making a 6 hour show (that most races fans let alone newbies don't care about to watch).