Congress in Horse Racing

[DogsUp]

Not a real big fan of the gov't getting involved in sports, but maybe this can actually help racing (hopefully).

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...NTPAGECAROUSEL

[jwkniska]

anything Bobby Rush is involved in... toss it straight in the trash and if you could toss him in too, you'd be doing the world a favor!

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

anything Bobby Rush is involved in... toss it straight in the trash and if you could toss him in too, you'd be doing the world a favor!

lololol common people the black panther party is all about horse racing!!

[slotdirt]

I don't know, I don't think this is all bad.

[Cannon Shell]

This may be the first sign of the end of horseracing.

Fact- Racing commissions may be inept but at least some have a few people who give a danm about the sport. Wait till you see who these 2 clowns pick to run the Federal commission. Guess how the feds pay for things? They raise taxes, and since horseplayers have no group lobbying for them the fist thing to be attached to the sport will most likely be a federal takeout on all bets. Sounds like a good idea still? What about if they make it 5% accross the board to pay for all the changes they want to implement? Sound good still?

Having incompetence on a national level rather than a state level and paying more for the priviledge seems like a bad idea to me.

The federal government has ruined more industries with intervention than they have helped. Horseracing has no chance to survive federal intervention. None.

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This may be the first sign of the end of horseracing.

Fact- Racing commissions may be inept but at least some have a few people who give a danm about the sport. Wait till you see who these 2 clowns pick to run the Federal commission. Guess how the feds pay for things? They raise taxes, and since horseplayers have no group lobbying for them the fist thing to be attached to the sport will most likely be a federal takeout on all bets. Sounds like a good idea still? What about if they make it 5% accross the board to pay for all the changes they want to implement? Sound good still?

Having incompetence on a national level rather than a state level and paying more for the priviledge seems like a bad idea to me.

The federal government has ruined more industries with intervention than they have helped. Horseracing has no chance to survive federal intervention. None.

As Ronald Reagan once said, the scariest words in the English language are: "I'm from the government, I'm here to help."

[pick4]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This may be the first sign of the end of horseracing.

Fact- Racing commissions may be inept but at least some have a few people who give a danm about the sport. Wait till you see who these 2 clowns pick to run the Federal commission. Guess how the feds pay for things? They raise taxes, and since horseplayers have no group lobbying for them the fist thing to be attached to the sport will most likely be a federal takeout on all bets. Sounds like a good idea still? What about if they make it 5% accross the board to pay for all the changes they want to implement? Sound good still?

Having incompetence on a national level rather than a state level and paying more for the priviledge seems like a bad idea to me.

The federal government has ruined more industries with intervention than they have helped. Horseracing has no chance to survive federal intervention. None.

Horse racing is heavily regulated at the state level. I believe you are being too pessimistic about the HOR getting in involved with nothing that will be a dog and ponyy show hearing in front of what ever committee holds the hearings.

Horse racing generates a lot of money to the national ecomomy. Just think about all the components that going into breeding a horse, feeding them, maintaining them. That does not include the process of selling them, housing them, etc.

I share your distrust of federal government involvement over areas where they lack the means and expertise to bring a positive result to whatever they try to do.

[Zippy Chippy]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This may be the first sign of the end of horseracing.

Fact- Racing commissions may be inept but at least some have a few people who give a danm about the sport. Wait till you see who these 2 clowns pick to run the Federal commission. Guess how the feds pay for things? They raise taxes, and since horseplayers have no group lobbying for them the fist thing to be attached to the sport will most likely be a federal takeout on all bets. Sounds like a good idea still? What about if they make it 5% accross the board to pay for all the changes they want to implement? Sound good still?

Having incompetence on a national level rather than a state level and paying more for the priviledge seems like a bad idea to me.

The federal government has ruined more industries with intervention than they have helped. Horseracing has no chance to survive federal intervention. None.

This could only be good in one way: if it finally forces the horse racing industry to voluntarily create a single governing body to regulate and promote the game. The current system of 38 different sets of rules and 38 different governing bodies has hindered the game for too long.

When other industries were faced with the threat of government intervention, they were able to avoid it by creating an all-powerful organization to self-regulate the industry. They got their act together in time to keep the government out. I hope that this will be the wake up call that the horse racing industry needs to create a single governing body for the industry.

The message should be clear: If the horsemen don't do it, then Congress will. And god help the game if it does.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Guess how the feds pay for things? They raise taxes, .

I don't think you've been paying attention the past eight years. How the feds now pay for things is by borrowing money from China and figuring someone else's kids and grandkids can pay it back with interest.