To me, it is clear and simple: "Too many cooks spoil the broth." When you have mega egos with substantial skin in the game, each believing and acting as if they were more important than the game itself, this is what you get.
Harness racing is a rudderless ship. It is just floating along and goes in the direction the tide and currents will take it.
We need a commission and a Chairman of the Board. The current system of who thinks they are entitled and smarter than the others is extremely self destructive.
-Totally agree. Monopolies are never good for the people in general. Mr. Gural obviously has helped racing greatly and is appreciated for doing so. However, being a monopoly and having an attitude of being the sole Judge and Jury-is terrible for the participants.
I remember as a young kid-one of my friends started a game of ringers(marbles) with my friends. I happened to be better than them at the game-so the kid "banned" me from playing!! Some of my friends didn't like it and left with me--but others did --as now they had a chance to win. I always looked upon that kid as an ahole after that, but he "owned" the game and so made the rules.
Mr. Gural reminds me of that kid.