At the end if the day, there has to be some personal responsibility from all of us.
If you are a poor punter do you seriously believe the TAB will restrict you?
If you can afford to wager larger amounts then why is the TAB restricting these punters?
Total hypocrisy!
Anyone know did the big meeting that Winston wanted actually happen ?
Never heard a thing??
i agree,i think a lot of people think that. I would also say matt peden will be gone as well .
what i can't understand myself is the hrnz board. They seem happy with current policy.. if the finacial stabilty of the future of the industry is truly being eroded like many think,won't the hrnz board be judged very,very harshly. We will just have to wait andsee how it plays out. Its not that far away from being revealed.
Also i think industry stakeholders can only blame themselves if things do take a turn for the worse.
You can't help but note the big players and all the people in the media are continually selling the same positivity,all is well,everything is affordable,the industry is being well lead.
But can you trust the media. I always use the example of mick guerin and the ATC. For several years,as the ATC finances collapsed,he ignored reporting on their true financial position,continuing to say that there was never a better time to get involved in northern harness racing,each year promoting there was never a better time for buying at north island sales ,always giving the impression auckland was doing well.
For several years on here i started topics asking why guerin was silent and why he was selling a narrative that appeared misleading.
So i won't be that long before its revealed whether current stakes and policies are sustainable and have been wise.Time will tell.
No. I wan't suggesting anything. If I were to in light of those figures, it might be that NZTR should pay stakes in more direct proportion to turnover, not keep throwing more and more money at the least sustainable meetings but I've been saying that for the last 20 years.