tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post7255030267423021974..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: The New York Times and the FalloutThat Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-64493514134972219252012-03-27T18:34:40.918-04:002012-03-27T18:34:40.918-04:00There are uncertainties about the impact of federa...There are uncertainties about the impact of federal regulation should it come about, but there's already government regulation from the states. We all know how well that's worked. <br /><br />Perhaps federal control is the way to get the national racing commissioner so many of us have discussed.<br /><br />As for the New York Times story, bias present or not, it offered the ugly side of thoroughbred and quarter horse racing where state regulators, track management, owners, trainers and jockeys haven't stepped up to insure it's as safe and honest as it can be. <br /><br />They also accept it as a cost of doing business and have continued to operate in the same manner for years because the majority of the population has no exposure to it. <br /><br />If the Times story raises the public's emotions to the point of action and change, racing (including harness) has itself to blame, not a newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-77532325225205843282012-03-27T13:32:54.018-04:002012-03-27T13:32:54.018-04:00I am a small-government guy through and through, b...I am a small-government guy through and through, but something has to be done and the Feds appear to be the only ones willing to do it. Who knows what will happen ultimately, but this industry can't, and frankly shouldn't, be allowed to keep going the way that it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com