Support grows for Belmont slot machines

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Out of curiosity who do you feel would do a better job in supporting the community and why? All of the bidders will want slots at Belmont and didn't either Excelsior or Empire say they weren't interested in the franchise any longer without them?

NYRA could do it just fine. The problem with NY racing though is that they award franchises to non-profits for 30 years at a time and there is no accountability. Once NYRA gets the bid they don't have to listen to anyone. They will revert back to the same way they once did things because the process in NY is flawed. It is like giving teachers tenure and having no accountability, except most teachers get into the business to help children. The only reason people get involved with running non-profits like NYRA is to figure out ways to make money off of it.

Horse racing must be a for-profit entity. Sure there are problems with that, but you can't have non-profit entities running gambling operations. They don't have to answer to anyone.