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Originally Posted by SentToStud
The parents of the felony child probably don't go to jail. However, they very likely are subject to civil action, no?
Securities firms are fined for the actions of their sales reps. Same thing happens all the time with insurance companies and agents.
I don't think team trainers should be summarily disciplined when players get caught juicing. But I do absolutely believe team owners should be fined in that situation.
You have me on the Jeremy Rose thing, I admit.
My point is that the owners are the top of the food chain. If they are not culpable, then you are less likely to see compliance. Trainers will simply see their modest penalties as a cost of doing business. And just who is paying that bill?
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One thing that you fail to note is that most of these owners couldn't tell the horses front from the back.
I agree that new owners should be doing their due diligence when choosing a trainer but MOST of the time, you are meeting a trainer through a friend or other owner
It is a broken system, I couldn't agree more, but fineing the owner would further diluate the owners within the game.
I am more so on how baseball does it, first one is 15 days, 2nd one is like 90 days, and the 3rd time is a year. And it should be a grid as far as how much the overage is. I mean, if they are 1% over, sure it is a positive but COME ON, the horses genetic makeup could have caused that, but if you are 100% over, regardless of how much picograms, that means funny business, if you ask me.