tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post7736918741914598559..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: Less Racing More FillingThat Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-66956900251661143102009-05-24T07:24:55.622-04:002009-05-24T07:24:55.622-04:00Degen,
Welcome to the board. Yikes, I can't bele...Degen,<br /><br />Welcome to the board. Yikes, I can't beleive I left out Chicago. Logically, they would fit in with the Southern Racing circuit.<br /><br />This is just a model, it certainly can use fine tuning. The ideal would be to have a circuit where each of the tracks are withing shipping range. I recognize there will be some inconvenience with shipping, but what is the alternative; racing disappearing from the radar?<br /><br />If a track is geograhpically out of the area like California, they will need to have the discipline to race a season not all year.<br /><br />Different racing rules in each state exist now so in the short term they can be accepted; the eventual goal is to have each state cede control of racing. In the NY/NJ area, there is the Port Authority which is a bi-state agency; certainly a similar structure can be formed for racing (all breeds included).That Blog Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-14532198912551559542009-05-23T11:18:23.559-04:002009-05-23T11:18:23.559-04:00I love your idea Pacingguy except for some very im...I love your idea Pacingguy except for some very important issues. It's too late, the cat is out of the bag. Had the powers that be had the foresight of this long ago, you might have been able to pull something like this off. <br /><br />Other major issues include expenses and travel. People don't like uprooting and paying for the expense of having to have portable living quarters or living out of hotel rooms even if it for a short period of time. I can see it having a much better chance of being approved in the east where tracks are heavily concentrated. If one area got on the bandwagon, maybe others will follow. Start small.<br /><br />Another major issue is each state has their own set of racing rules which is another reason why we need a harness racing czar.<br /><br />I'm sure I have just touched on a minute number of issues, surely there are many, but we need people in power that are not afraid to push the envelope like yourself. <br /><br />Keep dreaming, someday your ideas may come true.<br /><br />P.S. You forgot the Chicago area.DegenerateBloggernoreply@blogger.com