Why do they do this?

[Cannon Shell]

At the risk of being blasted (I'm bored, it is pouring...) Alan's laying the blame on NYRA kind of distracts from the issue of tracks running races at the same time which IMO something that is easily solved with a minimum of effort. Is it really hard for the simulcast coordinators at various tracks to communicate when posttimes are identical? While understanding that there are various factors that come into play, would it kill these people to ask to take a minute here and there to avoid two races at the premier tracks to go off at the same time?