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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
States rights is a huge issue that carries implications far greater than our sport. The states would fight tooth and nail any attempt to create a national governing body. It simply will not happen. The merits of it notwithstanding, our sport is 99% dependant on gambling. It simply is not a mainstream sport, nor will it ever be. The way mainstream sports generate revenue are not pertinent to our sport. We have no tv contract outside the triple crown, its preps and the BC and its preps. We have virtually no merchandising and admissions are hardly a source of revenue. Look at the NFL, they supposedly speak out against gambling but every move they make is geared toward helping create more gambling on the games. Do you think Sunday night and thusday night games are bet more heavily than if they were played Sunday at 1? We as a sport should regulate the problems, and promote the fact that a day at the races can get you damn rich if you happen to catch the right results. Nobody in the public is interested in a thursday card at ANY track unless you can make money off of it. Hell in our society almost nothing is appealing to the public unless there is some monetary value attached to it.
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Well said chuck. My knowledge of the inside of the sport is limited but it sounds to me if we have folks like you the Jacksons and the guy that owns Oaklawn[Cella i think] the sport has some people that respect the sport and really want some improvements.