Does any other track pay all positions?
I feel that the only reason this is being done is to fill the card. If they had an abundance of entries, these payments would never happen.
Years ago, there was a minimum $20,000 claimer on the condition sheet. Now you see $4000 claimers on the card and winning. They have multiple 68 and under TM races. Most tracks wouldn't even write such a low condition. In its heyday. the Meadowlands was amazing. But like everything in life, things change. It's a shame, but it's reality.