Well they would say that wouldn't they. Can't have state of the art equipment failing. As to you CS, if I put you in a clean, empty cupboard you would start an argument with yourself as to whether the cupboard had been cleaned by a broom or a brush. boom boom.
They are all a protected species to me, like your idol I believe we need every track we can get, that's been proven countless times year after year in this industry.
I'm also not confident a bunch of fly by nighters are the right people to be telling the industry which tracks should stay and which should go, not to mention the governing body should never be given the opportunity to spend a $ of the industry money they've proven that over and over again, should any of these ... it will be nothing short of a disaster.
Fools involved in the disaster that is Awapuni, millions on an IT system that never got off the ground they make the Green Party look good!
I suspect this is what Entain see and have had enough of. NZTR have persisted for at least 2 decades while the industry shrinks. Sports meanwhile continue to invest in improving their product.