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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I think every sport, business, indusrty, etc would rather the story just go away than have bad press, no? I mean is the NFL thrilled they have Spygate? Was baseball happy to have to issue the Mitchell report? I agree that racing on the whole does a poor job of spinning the negative, usually no one says anything, but where is the outrage at the NFL when Shaun Merriman gets a 4 game suspension for steroids? Did he not "cheat" the bettors who bet the the opposing teams? I'm not condoning anything but saying that there is a strong possibility that this positive was not intentional (Squires is seeing ghosts and maybe he will begin to better understand the issue that he loves to speak so freely about) and as such the penalty will fit the crime. I'm sure there will be people who think it wasnt enough regardless of what they give him outside of a beheading.
The "sport" cant necessarily just get rid of guys like the ones you named. It simply isnt that easy to do. Everybody wants to point fingers at this industry in regards to "throwing people out" yet they forget that baseball never "threw out" Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Steve Howe, or Doc Gooden. Basketball didn't "throw out" Latrell Spreewell or Ron Artest. They all come back. There are these dudes called lawyers and these things called rights and it simply isnt easy to get rid of people because the courts seemingly always give in.
We all know that the media is shameless and will take advantage of any negative story it can. But that doesnt make them much different than Congress who will surely slip this little mishap into the next hearing.
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well, yeah, we'd all rather have easy goings every day, and never a dark cloud. but the nfl with roger goodell seems to have gotten pretty serious about things-he's been very straightforward about what he won't tolerate, and has been very rigid with the rules. and i think that's what we need here. but it takes time to get to that point, and racing isn't there yet.
and yeah, seems too often bad apples keep showing up-but look at pacman jones for example-he has been trying how long now to get back on the field? does football really need him? probably not. but in a way, it's like nascar-some people watch to see the wreck, not the racing.
when i read not long ago that steve asmussen would one day be in the HOF, i was sickened and disgusted by that. if they can't put him out, that's one thing-but for him to be rewarded for his shady career...that's just crazy.
i guess more than anything, i don't understand the mind set of owners who turn a blind eye-like jess jackson who is
SO interested in things being open and honest(
), yet he chooses SA to train curlin. hypocrisy in action. these aren't horse racing fans who want to own, they're people who just want to win, regardless of how they get to the winners circle.