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Old 06-19-2008, 01:16 PM
Jax Cajun Jax Cajun is offline
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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.
Racing is not the same because there is no revenue sharing. You don't perform, you don't get paid. And those that are getting paid the most are the ones who can afford the roids and keep their competitive advantage.
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