conflict of interest

[JerseyJ]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Many track announcers like to bet on the races. Should track announcers be banned from betting on the races since having a bet would give them a rooting interest in the race?
By the way, jockey agents get 25% of the money their jocks make, not 10%.

I am sorry I don't know exactly how much a jock agent makes...only thing as owners we do is accept who the trainer names on our horse and figure out how much we get as owners.

Show me where I said track announcers should be banned from betting on the races since it would give them a rooting interest. For crying out loud, that's not the issue here. The issue is that there is the POTENTIAL for a track announcer who holds a jock's book at his track to not do his job as the TRACK ANNOUNCER properly because he is looking for his jock's horse compared to calling the rest of the field.

It's not that god damn difficult to understand the point that the sensible people have been making in these last two threads, but apparently we aren't filled with rocket scientists here.