hru article "serious storm brewing in ohio"

[Bitter Truth]

I was actually chiding him, having had a lengthly discussion with him on a very similar topic before. Yes,He's not lookin to be buddies per say on here, works for me. He's ok. He does care.
 

[Mazola]

Mike seems like a good, common sense man to me.

[Stan durbread]

I am not sure why you bring up Mike Campbell thoughts in here. Personally I find him to bring absolutely nothing to Plop discussions except his pompous, arrogant comments with no regard to anyone but his pathetic self. His actions on Plop are indicative of lifetime losers who think he being nasty and dumb will get himself some nonexistent attention. As I am sure many Ploppers would agree, I would rather to get Fuguzzi back who had some interesting lifetime experiences and stayed respectful of those who were deserving.

Can I vote this for best post ever?? Anyone that goes right to name calling when presented with facts is either incompetent or 13

[caddy]

They need to form a committee and do a study first, than publish a paper and go up the chain of command to the top floor who will form another committee to study the situation.

and when they conclude the study ... they'll all scratch their heads and exclaim, 'that's not the way we've done it'.  The mentallity to expect 1959 is still the way to survive shows the poor brainstorming.

[Jctoronto]

If you super squeeze the purses, horsemen will double and triple down on backstretch 'winning bets'...if u do that, shrinking fan base fades even more...and then, well, 'teetering'.

[dinkadoo]

interesting but not surprising

for  every $1 of purse money in Ohio

15.2 cents comes from handle

84.8 cents comes from Slots

** I wonder what the ratio is in other states ?

Cumberland KY is probably

.85 cents from handle

99.15 from welfare.

[Chooch]

this is an excellent article and well worth the read
scary possibilities
but then thats what happens to people who think short term and only of themsleves

.   The onion lives!! Fredo says I’m smart I’m not stupid as everybody says I’m smart and I want some respect

[Mailbox Money]

The biggest problem with this is the associations advertise and market rarely target the general public! Most campaigns are projected to people who are in the business or already go to the races! Harness Racing is hardly ever promoted to the mainstream media. I realize that the cost to do so is very expensive but the current method is only reaching the people who are already involved!

[seriously]

I have a hard time finding sympathy for the current people involved.  Maybe the best thing would be to just close the show.