The Jockeys further alienate themselves

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I would hope that people are smart enough to realize that a 50% reduction in the horsemans take of simulcast revenues would simply be the end of most racing jurisdictions. No owner outside of Sheikh Mo would have any shot to stay in the business. The jockeys and the guild are weasels who really should be taken to task for this embarrassing piece of legislation. They teamed up with Whitfield(who is a grandstander at best, an idiot at worst) a political hack to try to force the hand of the industry. The true goal of the guild has little to do with forcing someone else to pay for insurance. They want more money. It's simple, it's why Dr. G had such a spell on them. He promised them they were all gonna get rich when he "exposed" the industry's terrible treatment of them. Manley is doing the same thing but he is being a little less aggressive than Dr. G and using political pressure instead of threats of lawsuits.

If you take this attempt to hijack money at face value it could add up to $400 million annually...slightly more than is necessary to pay for their insurance. Sounds to me like the guy who sues for $100 Million in hopes of getting $2 million. I hope now that they have defined themselves as the overly greedy adversaries of everybody in racing, and particularly the horsemen, that they will receive the well deserved backlash they have so far avoided.