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Old 06-19-2008, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
If the other major sports in society can do it, why can't racing?

Baseball, basketball, football... they're very similar in that each individual team is its own business, at its core, competing against other businesses in the same market.

The Mets want to out-draw the Yankees, they want to earn more money, they want a better bottom line. Yet under the umbrella for the "Good of the Game" they hold hands with the Yankees when it comes to new steroid testing procedures and other rules/laws.

In flabbergasts me that racing cannot do the same.
Travis.. Any idea of financials involved in this? Any idea? The logistics?

How many professional baseball players are there? Football players? Etc.. How many horses? Located where? And to be tested for how many THOUSANDS of medications?
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